The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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larva | larva grazes on | ERYSIPHACEAE | powdery mildews | Erysiphales | A Dipterist’s handbook, Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978 |
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larva | larva grazes on | PUCCINIALES | rust fungi | A Dipterist’s handbook, Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978 | A Dipterist’s handbook | Vol 15, 255pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society |
Mycodiplosis (rust midges) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:
Subtaxon | Rank | Featured subtaxa |
No of interactions |
No of references |
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Species | 48 trophisms | ||||||
Species | 5 trophisms | ||||||
Species | 15 trophisms | ||||||
Species | 9 trophisms | ||||||
Species | 21 trophisms |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycodiplosis (rust midges) |
Mycodiplosis (rust midges) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Author | Year | Title | Source |
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Henk, D.A., Farr, D.F. & Aime, M.C. | 2011 | Mycodiplosis (Diptera) infestation of rust fungi is frequent, wide spread and possibly host specific | FungEcol Vol 04 (4): 284-289. |
Holz, B. | 1970 | Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Mycodiplosis (rust midges):
BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of Mycodiplosis (rust midges) |
The adults can easily be reared by keeping the host leaf in a tube.
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