CECIDOMYIIDAE
(wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)

Interactions where CECIDOMYIIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
gall gall of larva with inquiline larva Melanapion minimum Sallow Guest Weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Melanapion minimum/Melanapion minimumsallow guest weevillarva Animal / inquiline /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Cecidomyiidaewood, gall, rust and aphid midgesgalllarva larva is inquiline in gall of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

CECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Acericecis campestre
a gall midge
Species 1 trophisms
CECIDOMYIINAE
a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges
Subfamily 168 subtaxa 339 trophisms 18 references
Giraudiella inclusa
a gall midge
Species 1 references
Harmandiola
a genus of flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
LESTREMIINAE
wood midges
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 5 references
Macrodiplosis
a genus of flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Obolodiplosis robiniae
Locust Gall Midge
Species 1 trophisms
Paragephyraulus diplotaxis
(A Gall Midge)
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
PORRICONDYLINAE
a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Semudobia
a genus of flies
Genus 3 subtaxa 23 trophisms
Spurgia euphorbiae
a gall midge
Species 1 trophisms
[agapanthus gall midge]
Agapanthus gall midge
Informal 1 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ellis, W.N. Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi bladmineerders.nl
Hackston, M. 2013 Differentiating the British subfamilies of family Cecidomyiidae https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys2/
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Plant Galls

Anon. British Galls
() Darlington, A. 1968 A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour Blandford Press
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council

CECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fedotova, Z.A. &. Sidorenko, V.S. 2004 New species of gall midges of the genus Karshomyia Felt, 1908 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) and related new genera from the Russian Far East Far Eastern Entomologist Vol 137: 1-32.
Fedotova, Z.A. 2003 New genera and species of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Russian Far East Far Eastern Entomologist Vol 125: 1-30.

Asphondyliini

Tokuda, M. 2012 Biology of Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Entomological Science Vol 15: 363-383.

Journals

Cecidology British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Plant Galls

Anon. British Plant Gall Society www.british-galls.org.uk

Regional Studies

Skuhrava, M. & Skuhravy, V. 2010 Gall midges (Dipteras: Cecidomyiidae) of South Tyrol (Italy) - summary of results and zoogeographical analysis Gredleriana Vol 10: 275-324.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 342 images of CECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
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