Lasioptera Meigen, 1818

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 84

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449

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scientific name

Lasioptera Meigen, 1818
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Genus Lasioptera Meigen, 1818 View in CoL

The genus includes 129 species globally. The majority form galls in plant stems. Many of these have symbiosis with fungi, which line the inside of the galls.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

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