Daphnephila taiwanensis explained

Daphnephila taiwanensis is a species of gall midges first associated with leaf galls on Lauraceae species, particularly Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan. Based on analysis on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, it has been suggested that in this genus, the stem-galling habit is a more ancestral state as opposed to the leaf-galling habit. This genus appears to have originated tropically and dispersed to Japan through Taiwan.^[1]

Further reading

• Huang . Meng-Yuan . etal . 2011 . Chlorophyll fluorescence, spectral properties, and pigment composition of galls on leaves of Machilus thunbergii . International Journal of Plant Sciences . 172 . 3. 323–329 . 10.1086/658157 . 84481534 .
• "Differential contribution of antioxidants to antioxidative functions in galls evaluated by grey system theory." (2012).
• Huang . Meng-Yuan . etal . 2009 . Insect-induced cecidomyiid galls deficient in light-harvesting protein complex II showing normal grana stacking . Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology . 12 . 3. 165–168 . 10.1016/j.aspen.2009.03.001 .

External links

• • ADW

Notes and References

1. Tokuda. Makoto. Yang. Man-Miao. Yukawa. Junichi. Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Daphnephila Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Complex Leaf Galls on Lauraceae, with Descriptions of Five New Species Associated with Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan. Zoological Science. 25. 5. 2008. 533–545. 0289-0003. 10.2108/zsj.25.533. 18558807. 32370318.