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Asphondylia helianthiglobulus

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Species of fly

Asphondylia helianthiglobulus
Asphondylia helianthiglobulus gall on sunflower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe: Asphondyliidi
Tribe: Asphondyliini
Genus: Asphondylia
Species: A. helianthiglobulus
Binomial name
Asphondylia helianthiglobulus
Osten Sacken, 1878

Asphondylia helianthiglobulus is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. The larvae of this species induce galls on the stems of several sunflower species in eastern North America, including Helianthus giganteus, H. grosseserratus, and H. maximiliani.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. William Beutenmüller (1907). "New species of gall-producing Cecidomyiidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 23 (17): 385–400. hdl:2246/1998. ISSN 0003-0090. Wikidata Q51510257.
  3. "Asphondylia helianthiglobulus". iNaturalist.ca. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
Taxon identifiers
Asphondylia helianthiglobulus


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