Asphondylia
Genus of flies
Asphondylia solidaginis , gall in goldenrod (Solidago )
Asphondylia solidaginis pupa in its gall
Asphondylia is a cosmopolitan genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae . All species in this genus induce galls on plants, especially on flowers and flower buds .[ 1] [ 2] There are over 300 described species in Asphondylia , with many more likely to be discovered and described, especially in the southern hemisphere.[ 1] [ 2]
Within the genus, characteristics of the larvae and pupae are often most useful for distinguishing between species since adults of most species look very similar to one another.[ 3] The species inducing a given gall can sometimes be identified based on the shape and placement of the gall in combination with the identity of the host plant.[ 2]
Species
Asphondylia abutilon Felt, 1935
Asphondylia adenostoma Felt, 1916
Asphondylia amaranthi Felt, 1935
Asphondylia ambrosiae Gagne, 1975
Asphondylia antennariae (Wheeler, 1889)
Asphondylia artemisiae Felt, 1908
Asphondylia atriplicicola (Cockerell, 1898)
Asphondylia atriplicis (Townsend, 1893)
Asphondylia auripila Felt, 1907
Asphondylia autumnalis Beutenmuller, 1907
Asphondylia azaleae Felt, 1907
Asphondylia baroni Felt, 1908
Asphondylia bea Felt, 1925
Asphondylia betheli Cockerell, 1907
Asphondylia bidens Johannsen, 1945
Asphondylia bigeloviaebrassicoides (Townsend, 1893)
Asphondylia boerhaaviae Mohn, 1959
Asphondylia borrichiae Rossi & Strong, 1990
Asphondylia brevicauda Felt, 1907
Asphondylia buddleia (Felt, 1935)
Asphondylia bumeliae Felt, 1907
Asphondylia caudicis Gagne, 1986
Asphondylia ceanothi Felt, 1908 (ceanothus bud gall midge)
Asphondylia chrysothamni Felt, 1916
Asphondylia clematidis Felt, 1935
Asphondylia diervillae Felt, 1907
Asphondylia diplaci Felt, 1912
Asphondylia dondiae Felt, 1918
Asphondylia enceliae Felt, 1912
Asphondylia eupatorii Felt, 1911
Asphondylia floccosa Gagne, 1968 (woolly stem gall midge)
Asphondylia florida Felt, 1908
Asphondylia foliata Gagne, 1986
Asphondylia fulvopedalis Felt, 1907
Asphondylia garryae Felt, 1912
Asphondylia gemmae Gagne, 1968
Asphondylia helianthiflorae Felt, 1908
Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Osten Sacken, 1878
Asphondylia hydrangeae Felt, 1907
Asphondylia ilicicola Foote, 1953
Asphondylia ilicoides Felt, 1907
Asphondylia integrifoliae Felt, 1908
Asphondylia johnsoni Felt, 1908
Asphondylia lacinariae Felt, 1935
Asphondylia mentzeliae Cockerell, 1900
Asphondylia mimosae Felt, 1934
Asphondylia monacha Osten Sacken, 1869
Asphondylia nepetae Viggiani, 2018 [ 4]
Asphondylia neomexicana (Cockerell, 1896)
Asphondylia nodula Gagne, 1986
Asphondylia photiniae Pritchard, 1952
Asphondylia pilosa Kieffer, 1898
Asphondylia portulacae Mohn, 1959
Asphondylia prosopidis Cockerell, 1898 (mesquite gall midge)
Asphondylia pseudorosa Dorchin, 2015
Asphondylia ratibidae Felt, 1935
Asphondylia recondita Osten Sacken, 1875
Asphondylia resinosa Gagne, 1990 (creosote resin gall mige)
Asphondylia rosulata Dorchin, 2015
Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua Osten Sacken, 1878
Asphondylia salictaria Felt, 1907
Asphondylia sambuci Felt, 1908
Asphondylia sarothamni Loew, 1850
Asphondylia shepherdiae Felt, 1916
Asphondylia smilacinae Felt, 1907
Asphondylia silva Dorchin, 2015
Asphondylia solidaginis Beutenmüller, 1907
Asphondylia thalictri Felt, 1911
Asphondylia verbenae Felt, 1935
Asphondylia vernoniae Felt, 1908
Asphondylia websteri Felt, 1917 (alfalfa gall midge)
Asphondylia xanthii Felt, 1936
References
^ a b R.J. Gagne ; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3 . Wikidata Q109561625 .
^ a b c Netta Dorchin; Jeffrey B. Joy; Lukas K. Hilke; Michael J. Wise; Warren G. Abrahamson (14 May 2015). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of North American goldenrods: challenging morphology, complex host associations, and cryptic speciation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 174 (2): 265–304. doi :10.1111/ZOJ.12234 . ISSN 1096-3642 . Wikidata Q99657406 .
^ Raymond J. Gagné ; Jung Wook Kim; Nami Uechi; Junichi Yukawa (October 2018). "A New Pest Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Grape Berries (Vitaceae) in Southwestern North America with Descriptive Notes on the Genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 120 (4): 779–790. doi :10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.779 . ISSN 0013-8797 . Wikidata Q104459527 .
^ Bernardo, Umberto; Nugnes, Francesco; Gualtieri, Liberata; Nicoletti, Rosario; Varricchio, Paola; Sasso, Raffaele; Viggiani, Gennaro (6 June 2018). "A New Gall Midge Species of Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Flower Galls on Clinopodium nepeta (Lamiaceae) From Europe, Its Phenology, and Associated Fungi" . Environmental Entomology . 47 (3): 609–622. doi :10.1093/ee/nvy028 . PMID 29534165 . Retrieved 14 March 2023 .
Further reading
Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico . CRC Press.
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