Cecidomyiidae
Author: D.K. Park
Source: Naver
| Vernacular names | |
|---|---|
| • Deutsch: | Gallmücken |
| • English: | gall midges |
| • Español: | cecidómidos |
| • Français: | cécidomyidés, cécidomyies |
Cecidomyiidae (gall midges)
This family contains around 5,000 species of small, often tiny flies, usually ½ to 4 mm long. Most are plant parasites constructing galls and are specialized on one or a few closely related hosts. A few are predators. A gall midge spends nearly all its life as larva inside a plant gall. Adults only live for a few days and often do not feed.
The adults are mosquito-like with long legs and long antennae. They are usually yellow, orange or red in colour, hairy and with large wings. The antennae have around 15 segments, including 2 characteristic basal ones, with whorls of hairs. The compound eyes meet above the antennae and females often have a long ovipositor.
Synonyms:
Itonididae
For more details see the respective page in Wikipedia.
Note:
This page deals only with agricultural pests. For other groups of Cecidomyiidae see:
The following genera and individual species are currently entered under Cecidomyiidae:
