Dasineura filipendulae (Kieffer, 1909)
(a gall midge)

Interactions where Dasineura filipendulae 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 larva causes gall of swollen, reddened flower bud Foreign+?UK/EireRestricted Filipendula vulgaris Dropwort Rosales: Rosaceae Notes on gall midge galls recorded on Filipendula ulmaria and F. vulgaris in the United Kingdom, Harris, K., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Dasineura filipendulae/Dasineura filipendulaea gall midgelarva Foodplant / gallConfirmed abroad, probable in UK/Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Filipendula vulgaris/Filipendula vulgarisdropwortswollen, reddenedflower budSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Harris, K., 2010Notes on gall midge galls recorded on Filipendula ulmaria and F. vulgaris in the United KingdomCecidology Vol 25: 6-10, 29-21, plates 2 & 3.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDasineura filipendulae (a 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 filipendulae (a gall midge)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Harris, K. 2010 Notes on gall midge galls recorded on Filipendula ulmaria and F. vulgaris in the United Kingdom Cecidology Vol 25: 6-10, 29-21, plates 2 & 3.

Dasineura filipendulae (a gall midge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dasineura filipendulae (a gall midge):

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