Mycocecis ovalis Edwards, 1922
(a gall midge)

Interactions where Mycocecis ovalis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 (encanopied) encanopied larva causes galls on live stroma UK/IrelandRestricted Hypoxylon rubiginosum Rusty Woodwart Xylariales: Xylariaceae Gall development in Fungi, Evans, R.E., 1979
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycocecis ovalis/Mycocecis ovalisa gall midgeencanopiedlarva Fungus / gallUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Hypoxylon rubiginosum/Hypoxylon rubiginosumrusty woodwartlivestromaSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Evans, R.E., 1979Gall development in FungiBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (2): 131-132.

Mycocecis ovalis (a gall midge) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycocecis ovalis (a gall midge) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMycocecis ovalis (a gall midge)
TribeCecidomyiini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SupertribeCecidomyiidi (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 Mycocecis ovalis (a gall midge)

Mycocecis ovalis (a gall midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Evans, R.E. 1979 Gall development in Fungi Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (2): 131-132.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Mycocecis ovalis (a gall midge):

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