Cecidomyiini is a tribe of gall midges in the family
Cecidomyiidae
Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small insects us ...
. There are at least 220 described species in Cecidomyiini.
See also
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List of Cecidomyiini genera
References
* Gagné, R. J. (1989). ''The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America'', 356.
Further reading
Diptera.infoNCBI Taxonomy Browser, Cecidomyiini*
Cecidomyiinae
Nematocera tribes
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