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Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls . Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small insects usually only 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) in length; many are less than 1 mm (0.039 in) long.
The Cecidomyiinae, commonly known as gall midges or gall gnats, is the largest subfamily in Cecidomyiidae with over 600 genera and more than 5000 described species. [1] Larvae of the other ( basal ) cecidomyiid subfamilies feed on fungi; whereas this subfamily is best known for its members that induce galls on plants.
Gnat from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, 1665 A female black fungus gnat. A gnat (/ ˈ n æ t /) is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. [1] Most often they fly in large numbers, called clouds.
Cecidomyiidae known as gall midges or gall gnats. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. C. Cecidomyiinae (1 C, 211 P) G ...
They are often called gall midges or gall gnats. Systematics. Lasiopteridi - tribes, and selected genera: Brachineurini [1] Brachineura Rondani, 1840;
Cecidomyiidae, gall midges; Ceratopogonidae, biting midges (also known as no-see-ums or punkies in North America [2] and sandflies [3] in Australia) Chaoboridae, phantom midges; Chironomidae, non-biting midges [4] (also known as muckleheads, [5] muffleheads [6] or lake flies [7] in the Great Lakes region of North America) Deuterophlebiidae ...
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1835 – gall midges and wood midges, sometimes excluded from Sciaroidea; Diadocidiidae Winnertz, 1863; Ditomyiidae Kylin, 1919; Keroplatidae Rondani (incl. Lygistorrhinidae Edwards, 1925) – long-beaked & predatory fungus gnats; Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834; Rangomaramidae Jaschhof and Didham, 2002 – long-winged fungus ...
Contarinia (formerly Diplosis or Mayetiola) tritici is a small dipterous insect of the family of gall gnats.It depredates wheat, to which it is nearly as destructive as the famous and closely allied species, the Hessian fly.