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Asphondylia
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 84
- With media
- 54
- Family
- Cecidomyiidae
- Collections
- CHAS, NMV, NMSU, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, NRM, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC)
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Canada, Spain, Greece
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cecidomyiidae
- Image
- Creosote gall.JPG
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- Commons category
- Asphondylia
- taxon name
- Asphondylia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Asphondylia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Selected species
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- Further reading
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thumb|Asphondylia solidaginis, gall in goldenrod (Solidago) thumb|Asphondylia solidaginis pupa in its gall
Asphondylia is a cosmopolitan genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. All species in this genus induce galls on plants, especially on flowers and flower buds. There are over 300 described species in the genus Asphondylia, with many more likely to be discovered and described, especially in the southern hemisphere.
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