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Dasineura

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Dasineura is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae, some of which cause galls on plants such as Dasineura crataegi on hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and Dasineura fraxinea on ash (Fraxinus excelsior).

Species

ash bullet gall midge

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyCecidomyiidae
Observations3,009

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,277
With media
706
Family
Cecidomyiidae
Collections
YPM, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, NMSU, NRM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Sweden

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cecidomyiinae
Image
Dasineura.ranunculi.jpg
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taxon name
Dasineura
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Dasineura
Commons category
Dasineura
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Encyclopedic overview

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Dasineura is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae, some of which cause galls on plants such as Dasineura crataegi on hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and Dasineura fraxinea on ash (Fraxinus excelsior).

==Gallery==

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