Dasineura gleditchiae (Osten Sacken, 1866)
(Gleditsia Gall Midge)

Interactions where Dasineura gleditchiae is the controlling partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
larva larva causes gall of live leaf UK/Ireland Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust Fabales: Fabaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura gleditchiae/Dasineura gleditchiaeGleditsia gall midgelarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Gleditsia triacanthos/Gleditsia triacanthoshoney locustliveleaf

Dasineura gleditchiae (Gleditsia Gall Midge) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dasineura gleditchiae (Gleditsia Gall Midge) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDasineura gleditchiae (Gleditsia Gall Midge)
GenusDasineura (a genus of gall midges)
TribeOligotrophini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SupertribeLasiopteridi (a supertribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SubfamilyCECIDOMYIINAE (a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges)
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 Dasineura gleditchiae (Gleditsia Gall Midge)

Dasineura gleditchiae (Gleditsia Gall Midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dasineura gleditchiae (Gleditsia Gall Midge):

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