Cecidomyiinae Explained

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. This subfamily is best known for its members that induce galls on plants, but there are also many species that are fungivores, parasitoids, or predators as maggots.

Cecidomyiinae is monophyletic and species of the subfamily can be distinguished from other Cecidomyiidae by characters of the male genitalia, the number of antennal segments, and bristles on the larval abdomen.

Systematics

The Cecidomyiinae are divided into five supertribes, which contain the following tribes, and selected genera:^[1]

Asphondyliidi

• Tribe Asphondyliini
  • Asphondylia Loew, 1850
• Tribe Kiefferiini
  • Kiefferia Mik, 1895
• Tribe Polystephini
  • Polystepha Kieffer, 1897
• Tribe Schizomyiini
  • Placochela Rübsaamen, 1916
  • Schizomyia Kieffer, 1889

Brachineuridi

• tribe Brachineurini

1. Acinacistyla
2. Alatostyla
3. Brachineura
4. Loborrhizomyia

• tribe Rhizomyiini - monotypic

1. Rhizomyia

• incertae sedis

1. Brachyneurina
2. Chrybaneura
3. Cingola
4. Coccidomyia
5. Compositola
6. Effusomyia
7. Epimyia
8. Epimyiella
9. Nodalistyla
10. Stabiliola
11. Undoneura
12. Volsatiola

Cecidomyiidi

• Tribe Anadiplosini
• Tribe Aphidoletini
• Tribe Cecidomyiini

1. Acacidiplosis
2. Acerovesiculomyia
3. Anisostephus
4. Austroacacidiplosis
5. Caryadiplosis
6. Caryomyia
7. Cecidomyia
8. Cerciplanus
9. Chamaediplosis
10. Contarinia
11. Efferatodiplosis
12. Garugadiplosis
13. Gobidiplosis
14. Halodiplosis
15. Lobopteromyia
16. Macrodiplosis
17. Paradiplosis
18. Parkiamyia
19. Phyllodiplosis
20. Pinyonia
21. Plemeliella
22. Procontarinia
23. Prodiplosis
24. Psephodiplosis
25. Sequoiomyia
26. Sphaerodiplosis
27. Stenodiplosis
28. Taxodiomyia
29. Thecodiplosis
30. Zeuxidiplosis

• Tribe Centrodiplosini

1. Centrodiplosis
2. Cystodiplosis
3. Jorgensenia

• Tribe Clinodiplosini - selected genera
  • Clinodiplosis
  • Schismatodiplosis Rübsaamen, 1916
• Tribe Hormomyiini - monotypic

1. Planetella

• Tribe Karshomyiini
• Tribe Lestodiplosini
• Tribe Lopesiini
• Tribe Mycodiplosini
• Cecidomyiidi incertae sedis

1. Acanthacidiplosis
2. Acodiplosis
3. Aculeatodiplosis
4. Afrodiplosis
5. Ampelosucta
6. Anabremia
7. Anasphodiplosis
8. Andirodiplosis
9. Anisodiplosis
10. Antichiridium
11. Apagodiplosis
12. Aplecus
13. Apodiplosis
14. Arrabiadaeamyia
15. Aschistonyx
16. Asphotrophia
17. Astrodiplosis
18. Athidiplosis
19. Atopodiplosis
20. Atrichosema
21. Austrodiplosis
22. Baeodiplosis
23. Bicornidiplosis
24. Blaesodiplosis
25. Blastodiplosis
26. Brachydiplosis
27. Braueriella
28. Brephometra
29. Buhriella
30. Bungomyia
31. Cacoplecus
32. Callitridiplosis
33. Calodiplosis
34. Calyptradiplosis
35. Carinatidiplosis
36. Chaetodiplosis
37. Chrysodiplosis
38. Cleitodiplosis
39. Clusiamyia
40. Coccomyza
41. Coelodiplosis
42. Collula
43. Compsodiplosis
44. Conodiplosis
45. Contodiplosis
46. Cordylodiplosis
47. Ctenodactylomyia
48. Ctenodiplosis
49. Dactylodiplosis
50. Delodiplosis
51. Diadiplosis
52. Dichaetia
53. Dichodiplosis
54. Dicrodiplosis
55. Diodaulus
56. Diplodontomyia
57. Diplosiola
58. Dissimilidiplosis
59. Drisina
60. Echinella
61. Enallodiplosis
62. Eohormomyia
63. Epihormomyia
64. Etsuhoa
65. Eucalyptodiplosis
66. Eumerosema
67. Exiguidiplosis
68. Filidiplosis
69. Flexipidiplosis
70. Frauenfeldiella
71. Geromyia
72. Giardomyia
73. Gigantodiplosis
74. Gladiodiplosis
75. Glenodiplosis
76. Gnesiodiplosis
77. Gongrodiplosis
78. Gynandrobremia
79. Gynodiplosis
80. Haplodiplosis
81. Harmandiola
82. Heliodiplosis
83. Holobremia
84. Holodiplosis
85. Horidiplosis
86. Huradiplosis
87. Hygrodiplosis
88. Hypodiplosis
89. Inulomyia
90. Kamptodiplosis
91. Kimadiplosis
92. Kitella
93. Kronodiplosis
94. Lasiodiplosis
95. Lepidobremia
96. Lepidodiplosis
97. Lianodiplosis
98. Liebeliola
99. Ligulodiplosis
100. Loewiola
101. Lophodiplosis
102. Magadiplosis
103. Mamaevia
104. Manilkaramyia
105. Marikovskidiplosis
106. Massalongia
107. Megaulus
108. Megommata
109. Mesodiplosis
110. Meterdiplosis
111. Microdiplosis
112. Microplecus
113. Mikaniadiplosis
114. Mitodiplosis
115. Moehniella
116. Monarthropalpus
117. Monodiplosis
118. Mycetodiplosis
119. Mycocecis
120. Myricomyia
121. Nanodiplosis
122. Neobaezomyia
123. Octodiplosis
124. Odinadiplosis
125. Oligoxenomyia
126. Olpodiplosis
127. Oribremia
128. Orseolia
129. Orthodiplosis
130. Ouradiplosis
131. Pachydiplosis
132. Perodiplosis
133. Pilodiplosis
134. Pipaldiplosis
135. Pitydiplosis
136. Platydiplosis
137. Plecophorus
138. Plectrodiplosis
139. Plesiodiplosis
140. Plutodiplosis
141. Poridiplosis
142. Proterodiplosis
143. Pruthidiplosis
144. Punarnavomyia
145. Putoniella
146. Quadridiplosis
147. Raodiplosis
148. Resseliella
149. Rotadiplosis
150. Ruidadiplosis
151. Schizodiplosis
152. Setodiplosis
153. Sicituradastra
154. Silvestriola
155. Skusemyia
156. Stenohypodiplosis
157. Stephodiplosis
158. Streptodiplosis
159. Stroblophila
160. Styraxdiplosis
161. Tetradiplosis
162. Thaumadiplosis
163. Thorodiplosis
164. Thurauia
165. Tokiwadiplosis
166. Tollereadastra
167. Tribremia
168. Tricholaba
169. Tricontarinia
170. Trigonodiplosis
171. Trilobomyia
172. Trilobophora
173. Triommata
174. Trissodiplosis
175. Trogodiplosis
176. Ussuridiplosis
177. Vaccinidiplosis
178. Xenasphondylia
179. Xenhormomyia
180. Xenodiplosis
181. Xylodiplosis
182. Youngomyia

Lasiopteridi

• Tribe Alycaulini^[2] - selected genera:
  • Alycaulus
  • Asteromyia
  • Astictoneura
  • Neolasioptera
• Tribe Brachineurini
  • Brachineura Rondani, 1840
  • Brachyneurina Mamaev, 1967
  • Mikiola Kieffer, 1912
  • Prolauthia Rübsaamen, 1915
• Tribe Lasiopterini
  • Baldratia Kieffer, 1897
  • Hybolasioptera Rübsaamen, 1915
  • Lasioptera Fischer von Waldheim\nMeigen, 1818
  • Ozirhincus Rondani, 1840
  • Stefaniella Kieffer, 1898
• Tribe Ledomyiini
  • Ledomyia Kieffer, 1895
• Tribe Oligotrophini - selected genera:
  • Craneiobia Kieffer, 1913
  • Cystiphora Kieffer, 1892
  • Dasineura Rondani, 1840
  • Iteomyia Kieffer, 1913
  • Janetiella Kieffer, 1898
  • Mayetiola Kieffer, 1896
  • Oligotrophus Latreille, 1805
  • Rabdophaga Westwood, 1847
  • Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen, 1892
  • Sackenomyia Felt, 1908

Stomatosematidi

All genera:

1. Didactylomyia
2. Stomatosema

See also

• List of Cecidomyiinae genera

Notes and References

1. Skuhravá. Marcela. 2006-01-01. Species richness of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in the main biogeographical regions of the world. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 69. 327–372.
2. A Catalog of Cecidomyiidae of the World. 4th Edition. Gagné. R.J.. Jaschhof. M.. 2017.