Cecidomyiinae

Belongs within: Cecidomyiidae.
Contains: Oligotrophini, Alycaulini, Contarinia, Asphondyliini.

The Cecidomyiinae are a diverse group of midges, many of which cause galls in plants but which also include non-galling phytophagous, mycophagous and predatory forms (Gagné 1981). They are divided between four supertribes, of which the Cecidomyiidi are characterised by male genitalia with parameres rudimentary or absent, as well as by twelve-segmented antennae with flagellomeres cylindrical in females and usually binodal in males (Gagné & Jaschhof 2009).

Characters (from Gagné & Jaschhof 2009): Ocelli absent. Rs usually absent or weaker than other veins and evanescent at junction at R₁, with base of M (M+rm) straight or at most weakly sinuous. Male gonocoxites free ventrally. Female cercus usually one-segmented, often fused mesally.

<==Cecidomyiinae
    |  i. s.: RhizomyiaG81
    |         Epimyia carolinaG81
    |--StomatosematidiGJ09
    |    |--Stomatosema dominicensisGJ09
    |    `--Didactylomyia longimanaGJ09
    |--BrachineuridiGJ09
    |    |--Chrybaneura harrisoniGJ09
    |    `--BrachineuraGJ09
    |--Lasiopteridi [Oligotrophidi]GJ09
    |    |--OligotrophiniG81
    |    |--AlycauliniGJ09
    |    |--Ledomyia [Ledomyiini]GJ09
    |    |    `--L. setosaG81
    |    |--Trotteria [Trotteriini]GJ09
    |    |    `--T. sarothamniA71
    |    |--CamptoneuromyiiniGJ09
    |    |    |--Camptoneuromyia adhesaGJ09, G81
    |    |    |--Salvalasioptera merremiaeGJ09
    |    |    |--Incolasioptera siccidaGJ09
    |    |    |--DomolasiopteraGJ09
    |    |    `--Copinolasioptera salvadorensisGJ09
    |    `--Lasiopterini [Lasiopterina]GJ09
    |         |--Ozirhincus millefoliiG81
    |         |--Hybolasioptera elymiG81
    |         |--IsolasiopteraGJ09
    |         |    |--I. eupatoriensisGJ09
    |         |    `--I. palmaeGJ09
    |         `--LasiopteraGJ09
    |              |--L. kallstroemiaGJ09
    |              |--L. picta [=Cecidomya (Lasioptera) picta]G20
    |              `--L. solidaginisG81
    `--CecidomyiidiGJ09
         |  i. s.: TaxodiomyiaG81
         |         Coccidomyia pennsylvanicaG81, GJ09
         |         Aphidoletes aphidimyzaG81
         |         Harmandia reflexaG81
         |         Tanaodiplosis androgynesG81
         |         Dicrodiplosis guatemalensisGJ09
         |         FeltiellaGJ09
         |           |--F. acarisugaP09
         |           |--F. davisiG81
         |           |--F. insularisGJ09
         |           `--F. piniGJ09
         |         Lobodiplosis triangularisG81
         |         KarschomyiaG81
         |         Kalodiplosis floridanaG81
         |         DiadiplosisGJ09
         |         Plectrodiplosis fascipennisG81
         |         Ctenodactylomyia watsoniG81, GJ09
         |         Pitydiplosis packardiG81
         |         Homobremia insolensG81
         |         Youngomyia podophylliGJ09, G81
         |         Ancylodiplosis bryantiG81
         |         CoquillettomyiaGJ09
         |           |--C. dentataG81
         |           `--C. obliquaGJ09
         |         Glenodiplosis callipusG81
         |         MycodiplosisGJ09
         |           |--M. alternataF56
         |           |--M. conicola Foote 1956F56
         |           |--M. coryloides Foote 1956F56
         |           |--M. hudsoniF56
         |           |--M. inimicaG81
         |           `--M. ligulataGJ09
         |         ParallelodiplosisG81
         |         Sequiomyia taxodiiG81
         |         Silvestrina cinctaG81
         |         Aphodiplosis trnagularisG81
         |         Cartodiplosis nyssaecolaG81
         |         CaryomyiaG81
         |         Monarthropalpus buxiG81
         |         Pinyonia edulicolaG81
         |         Olpodiplosis helianthiG81
         |         Halodiplosis sarcobatiG81
         |         Pilodiplosis helianthibulaG81
         |         Thecodiplosis piniresinosaeG81
         |         Zeuxidiplosis giardiG81
         |         ParadiplosisG81
         |         Lobopteromyia filicisG81
         |         ProdiplosisGJ09
         |           |--P. longifilaGJ09
         |           `--P. morrisiG81
         |         Tropidiplosis pectinataG81
         |         Odontodiplosis americanaG81
         |         Adiplosis toxicodendriG81
         |         TrisopsisG81
         |         Dentifibula viburniG81
         |         Thaumadiplosis magnicaudaG81
         |         Pectinodiplosis erraticaG81
         |         EndaphisGJ09
         |           |--E. maculansGJ09
         |           `--E. perfidusA71
         |         Thripsobremia quercifoliaG81
         |         Epidiplosis sayiG81
         |         Arthrocnodax rhoinusG81
         |         LestodiplosisGJ09
         |           |--L. callipusGJ09
         |           |--L. grassatorG81
         |           `--L. taxiconis Foote 1956F56
         |         Apagodiplosis papyriferaeG81
         |         Putoniella marsupialisG81
         |         BlaesodiplosisG81
         |         MacrodiplosisG81
         |         Obolodiplosis robiniaeG81
         |         Ametrodiplosis dulichiiG81
         |         Hyperdiplosis lobataG81, GJ09
         |         GiardomyiaG81
         |         Gongrodiplosis latipesG81
         |         Platydiplosis nigricaudaG81
         |         Cordylodiplosis mollitergaG81
         |         Sitodiplosis mosellanaG81
         |         ResseliellaGJ09
         |           |--R. alternataG81
         |           `--R. pinifoliaeG81
         |         ContariniaGJ09
         |         Charidiplosis triangularisGJ09
         |         Astrodiplosis speciosaGJ09
         |         Schismatodiplosis lantanaeiGJ09
         |--AsphondyliiniGJ09
         |--Cecidomyia [Cecidomyiini]GJ09
         |    |--C. candidipesG81
         |    |--‘Cynips’ fagi Linnaeus 1758A81, L58
         |    |--C. frauenfeldtiB88
         |    |--C. luteaR26
         |    |--C. nigraG20
         |    |--C. piniS00
         |    |--C. piniinopisG81
         |    `--C. resinicolaGJ09
         `--ClinodiplosiniGJ09
              |--Iatrophobia brasiliensisGJ09
              `--ClinodiplosisGJ09
                   |--C. americanaGJ09
                   |--C. araneosaGJ09
                   |--C. capsiciGJ09
                   |--C. denotataGJ09
                   |--G. eupatoriiGJ09
                   |--C. lappaG81
                   `--C. rhododendriG96

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A81] Adler, H. 1881. Les Cynipides. 1^re partie. Introduction. La génération alternante chez les cynipides, traduit et annoté par J. Lichtenstein, suivi de la classification des cynipides d’après le D^r G. Mayr. C. Coulet: Montpellier.

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[B88] Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

[F56] Foote, R. H. 1956. Gall midges associated with cones of western forest trees (Diptera: Itonididae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46 (2): 48–57.

[G81] Gagné, R. J. 1981. Cecidomyiidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 257–292. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[G96] Gagné, R. J. 1996. A new species of Dasineura (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) infesting pinxterbloom azalea flowers in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (2): 228–232.

[GJ09] Gagné, R. J., & M. Jaschhof. 2009. Cecidomyiidae (gall midges). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 293–314. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis revised 10th ed. vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[P09] Pape, T. 2009. Economic importance of Diptera. In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 65–77. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.

[S00] Siddiqi, M. R. 2000. Tylenchida: Parasites of plants and insects 2^nd ed. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).