Alycaulini Explained

Alycaulini is a tribe of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about 20 genera and at least 200 described species in Alycaulini.

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Alycaulini:

• Alycaulus Rübsaamen 1915a

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• Asteromyia Felt, 1910

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• Astictoneura Gagne, 1969

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• Atolasioptera Möhn 1975

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• Baccharomyia Tavares 1917b

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• Brachylasioptera Möhn 1964b

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• Calamomyia

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• Chilophaga Gagne, 1969

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• Couridiplosis Maia 2004a

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• Edestochilus

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• Edestosperma

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• Epilasioptera Möhn 1964b

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• Geraldesia Tavares 1917b

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• Lobolasioptera Möhn 1964b

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• Marilasioptera Möhn 1975

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• Meunieriella Kieffer, 1909

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• Neolasioptera Felt, 1908

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• Protaplonyx

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• Smilasioptera Möhn 1975

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• Xipholasioptera Gagné 1995c

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Further reading

• Book: The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. 1989. Gagné . R. J.. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-1918-8.
• Book: The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. 1994. Gagné . R. J.. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-2786-2.
• Book: A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition. 2017. Gagné . Raymond J.. Jaschhof . Mathias. Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.
• A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World. 2014. Gagné . Raymond J.. Jaschhof . Mathias. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.