''Dasineura'' is a genus of

midge A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito Nematoceran Diptera. Midges are found (seasonally or otherwise) on practically every land area outside permanently arid deserts and the frigid zones. Some mid ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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 usu ...

, some of which cause

galls Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...

on plants such as '' Dasineura crataegi'' on hawthorn (''

Crataegus monogyna ''Crataegus monogyna'', known as common hawthorn, one-seed hawthorn, or single-seeded hawthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, northwestern Africa, and West Asia, but has been introduced in ...

'') and '' Dasineura fraxinea'' on ash (''

Fraxinus excelsior ''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe east to the Caucasus and Albor ...

'').

* List of ''Dasineura'' species File:Larva Dasineura salicifoliae in gall.jpg, Larva of ''Dasineura salicifoliae'' in gall File:Galls Dasineura salicifoliae.jpg, Galls of ''Dasineura salicifoliae'' File:Dasineura tumidosae larvae closeup2.jpg, Larvae of ''Dasineura tumidosae'' File:Dasineura pellex larva.jpg, Larva of ''Dasineura pellex'' File:Dasineura carbonaria larva.jpg, Larva of ''Dasineura carbonaria'' File:Dasineura brassicae adult (24562493456).jpg, ''Dasineura brassicae'', adult File:Agalla sobre genista - Las bolitas peludas (16289042645).jpg, Galls of ''Dasineura scorpii''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3016755 Cecidomyiidae genera Taxa named by Camillo Rondani Cecidomyiinae

See also

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