Asphondylia
Genus of flies
Asphondylia solidaginis , gall in goldenrod (Solidago )Asphondylia solidaginis pupa in its gallAsphondylia cosmopolitan genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae . All species in this genus induce galls on plants, especially on flowers and flower buds .[ 1] [ 2] Asphondylia , with many more likely to be discovered and described, especially in the southern hemisphere.[ 1] [ 2]
Within the genus, characteristics of the larvae and pupae are often most useful for distinguishing between species since adults of most species look very similar to one another.[ 3] host plant.[ 2]
Species
Asphondylia abutilon Felt, 1935 Asphondylia adenostoma Felt, 1916 Asphondylia amaranthi Felt, 1935 Asphondylia ambrosiae Gagne, 1975 Asphondylia antennariae (Wheeler, 1889) Asphondylia artemisiae Felt, 1908 Asphondylia atriplicicola (Cockerell, 1898) Asphondylia atriplicis (Townsend, 1893) Asphondylia auripila Felt, 1907 Asphondylia autumnalis Beutenmuller, 1907 Asphondylia azaleae Felt, 1907 Asphondylia baroni Felt, 1908 Asphondylia bea Felt, 1925 Asphondylia betheli Cockerell, 1907 Asphondylia bidens Johannsen, 1945 Asphondylia bigeloviaebrassicoides (Townsend, 1893) Asphondylia boerhaaviae Mohn, 1959 Asphondylia borrichiae Rossi & Strong, 1990 Asphondylia brevicauda Felt, 1907 Asphondylia buddleia (Felt, 1935) Asphondylia bumeliae Felt, 1907 Asphondylia caudicis Gagne, 1986 Asphondylia ceanothi Felt, 1908 (ceanothus bud gall midge)Asphondylia chrysothamni Felt, 1916 Asphondylia clematidis Felt, 1935 Asphondylia diervillae Felt, 1907 Asphondylia diplaci Felt, 1912 Asphondylia dondiae Felt, 1918 Asphondylia enceliae Felt, 1912 Asphondylia eupatorii Felt, 1911 Asphondylia floccosa Gagne, 1968 (woolly stem gall midge)Asphondylia florida Felt, 1908 Asphondylia foliata Gagne, 1986 Asphondylia fulvopedalis Felt, 1907 Asphondylia garryae Felt, 1912 Asphondylia gemmae Gagne, 1968 Asphondylia helianthiflorae Felt, 1908 Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Osten Sacken, 1878 Asphondylia hydrangeae Felt, 1907 Asphondylia ilicicola Foote, 1953 Asphondylia ilicoides Felt, 1907 Asphondylia integrifoliae Felt, 1908 Asphondylia johnsoni Felt, 1908 Asphondylia lacinariae Felt, 1935 Asphondylia mentzeliae Cockerell, 1900 Asphondylia mimosae Felt, 1934 Asphondylia monacha Osten Sacken, 1869 Asphondylia nepetae Viggiani, 2018 [ 4] Asphondylia neomexicana (Cockerell, 1896) Asphondylia nodula Gagne, 1986 Asphondylia photiniae Pritchard, 1952 Asphondylia pilosa Kieffer, 1898 Asphondylia portulacae Mohn, 1959 Asphondylia prosopidis Cockerell, 1898 (mesquite gall midge)Asphondylia pseudorosa Dorchin, 2015 Asphondylia ratibidae Felt, 1935 Asphondylia recondita Osten Sacken, 1875 Asphondylia resinosa Gagne, 1990 (creosote resin gall mige)Asphondylia rosulata Dorchin, 2015 Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua Osten Sacken, 1878 Asphondylia salictaria Felt, 1907 Asphondylia sambuci Felt, 1908 Asphondylia sarothamni Loew, 1850 Asphondylia shepherdiae Felt, 1916 Asphondylia smilacinae Felt, 1907 Asphondylia silva Dorchin, 2015 Asphondylia solidaginis Beutenmüller, 1907 Asphondylia thalictri Felt, 1911 Asphondylia verbenae Felt, 1935 Asphondylia vernoniae Felt, 1908 Asphondylia websteri Felt, 1917 (alfalfa gall midge)Asphondylia xanthii Felt, 1936
References
^ a b R.J. Gagne ; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3 Wikidata Q109561625 .^ a b c Netta Dorchin; Jeffrey B. Joy; Lukas K. Hilke; Michael J. Wise; Warren G. Abrahamson (14 May 2015). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of North American goldenrods: challenging morphology, complex host associations, and cryptic speciation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (2): 265– 304. doi :10.1111/ZOJ.12234 . ISSN 1096-3642 . Wikidata Q99657406 . ^ Raymond J. Gagné ; Jung Wook Kim; Nami Uechi; Junichi Yukawa (October 2018). "A New Pest Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Grape Berries (Vitaceae) in Southwestern North America with Descriptive Notes on the Genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (4): 779– 790. doi :10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.779 . ISSN 0013-8797 . Wikidata Q104459527 .^ Bernardo, Umberto; Nugnes, Francesco; Gualtieri, Liberata; Nicoletti, Rosario; Varricchio, Paola; Sasso, Raffaele; Viggiani, Gennaro (6 June 2018). "A New Gall Midge Species of Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Flower Galls on Clinopodium nepeta (Lamiaceae) From Europe, Its Phenology, and Associated Fungi" . Environmental Entomology . 47 (3): 609– 622. doi :10.1093/ee/nvy028 . PMID 29534165 . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .
Further reading
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico . CRC Press.
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