''Contarinia'' is a genus of

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s, small

flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...

in the

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Cecidomyiidae Cecidomyiidae is a family of diptera, 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 in ...

. There are over 300 described species in the genus.

Description

As cecidomyiids, adult ''Contarinia'' are flies with hairy wings and long antennae. Males have antennal flagellomeres equally binodose, with each node surrounded by one circumfilum. The palpi are four-segmented. The tarsal claws of the legs are simple. The wing costal vein is interrupted after its union with the radius or third vein. The genus was erected by Rondani and commemorate the naturalist Nicolò Bertucci Contarini.

Ecology

Many species of ''Contarinia'' have herbivorous larvae that attack

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s, fruits, or buds of plants. They include a number of crop pests, such as ''C. nasturtii'' (attacks various parts of cruciferous plants), ''C. citri'' (attacks flowers of

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), ''C. pisi'' (attacks flower buds of

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s), ''C. caryafloralis'' (attacks inflorescences of Chinese hickory) and ''C. pruniflorum'' (attacks flower buds of stone fruits). Two species of ''Contarinia'' are the main insects to visit inflorescences of '' Artocarpus integer'' (and possibly other plants). They are attracted by "a fruit-like, somewhat unpleasant smell" produced by the inflorescences. The adult midges feed on

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of '' Choanephora'' fungus (thus they are fungivorous, not herbivorous), which infects the male inflorescences, and females also oviposit in male inflorescences. Midge larvae hatch from the eggs, develop while also feeding on the fungus, pupate and then emerge from male inflorescences. Female inflorescences are not infected by the fungus and so cannot be used by the midges to breed, but they still attract ''Contarinia'' midges. The midges are known to carry pollen, so they are believed to pollinate ''A. integer'' - a pollination mutualism mediated by a pathogenic fungus.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Contarinia'': * '' Contarinia acerplicans'' (Kieffer, 1889) * '' Contarinia acetosellae'' (Rübsaamen, 1891) * '' Contarinia achilleae'' Fedotova 1992 * '' Contarinia aconitifloris'' Stelter, 1962 * '' Contarinia acrocecis'' Stelter, 1962 * '' Contarinia acuta'' Gagne, 1984 * '' Contarinia aequalis'' Kieffer, 1898 * '' Contarinia agrimoniae'' Felt, 1907 * '' Contarinia ajaguzensis'' Fedotova, 1995 * '' Contarinia albotarsa'' (Felt, 1907) * '' Contarinia allii'' Fedotova 1995 * '' Contarinia alloteropsidis'' Harris 1979 * '' Contarinia amenti'' (Kieffer, 1909) * '' Contarinia ampelophila'' Felt, 1907 * '' Contarinia angreni'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia anthobia'' (Löw, 1877) * '' Contarinia anthonoma'' (Kieffer, 1890) * '' Contarinia anthophthora'' (Löw, 1880) * '' Contarinia aprilina'' Kieffer, 1901 * '' Contarinia arrhenatheri'' Kieffer, 1901 * '' Contarinia artemisiae'' Rübsaamen, 1917 * '' Contarinia asclepiadis'' Giraud, 1863 * '' Contarinia asperae'' Siddiqui, Najam & Deshpande, 2010 * '' Contarinia asperulae'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia astragalicarpa'' Fedotova, 1991 * '' Contarinia atraphaxiflorae'' Fedotova, 1988 * '' Contarinia avenae'' Kieffer, 1901 * '' Contarinia baeri'' ( Prell, 1931) * '' Contarinia baggendorfi'' Stelter, 1982 * '' Contarinia bajankolica'' Fedotova, 1997 * '' Contarinia ballotae'' Kieffer, 1898 * '' Contarinia balsamifera'' Felt, 1907 * '' Contarinia barbichei'' (Kieffer, 1890) * '' Contarinia berulae'' Fedotova, 1992 * '' Contarinia beskokotovi'' Fedotova, 1996 * '' Contarinia betulicola'' (Kieffer, 1889) * '' Contarinia bitensis'' (Kieffer, 1909) * '' Contarinia bivalviae'' (Rao, 1952) * '' Contarinia bothriochloae'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia brassicola'' Sinclair, 2019 * '' Contarinia brizae'' Kieffer, 1896 * '' Contarinia bulliformis'' Gagné, 2008 * '' Contarinia bursariae'' Kolesik, 1995 * '' Contarinia calophacae'' Fedotova 1989 * '' Contarinia campanulae'' (Kieffer, 1895) * '' Contarinia camphorosmae'' (Tavares, 1920) * '' Contarinia canadensis'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia capparis'' Fedotova, 1983 * '' Contarinia caraganae'' (Fedotova, 1990) * '' Contarinia caraganicola'' Marikovskij, 1955 * '' Contarinia cardariae'' Fedotova, 1994 * '' Contarinia carolinae'' Gagné, 1993 * '' Contarinia carpini'' Kieffer, 1897 * '' Contarinia catalpae'' (Comstock, 1881) * '' Contarinia caryafloralis'' Jiao, Bu & Kolesik, 2018 * '' Contarinia caudata'' Felt, 1920 * '' Contarinia cerasiserotinae'' (Osten Sacken, 1871) * '' Contarinia cerriperda'' Skuhravá, 1991 * '' Contarinia chrysanthemi'' (Kieffer, 1895) * '' Contarinia citri'' Barnes, 1944 * '' Contarinia citrina'' (Osten Sacken, 1878) * '' Contarinia clarkei'' (Felt, 1908) * '' Contarinia clematidis'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia cockerelli'' (Felt, 1918) * '' Contarinia coffeae'' Harris, 1970 * '' Contarinia coloradensis'' Felt, 1912 * '' Contarinia constricta'' Condrashoff, 1961 * '' Contarinia convallaria'' Rübsaamen, 1925 * '' Contarinia convolvulicola'' Fedotova, 1991 * '' Contarinia convolvuliflora'' Fedotova, 1991 * '' Contarinia coronillae'' Jane, 1978 * '' Contarinia coryli'' (Kaltenbach, 1859) * '' Contarinia cotini'' Kieffer, 1901 * '' Contarinia craccae'' (Loew, 1850) * '' Contarinia crispans'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia cucubali'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia cucumata'' Gagné, 2008 * '' Contarinia cuniculator'' Condrashoff, 1961 * '' Contarinia cybelae'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia czalikovae'' Fedotova, 1996 * '' Contarinia dactylidis'' (Loew, 1851) * '' Contarinia dalbergiae'' Mani, 1943 * '' Contarinia desertophila'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia desertorum'' Marikovskij, 1961 * '' Contarinia dichanthii'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia dichanthiumae'' Siddiqui, Najam & Deshpande, 2010 * '' Contarinia digitata'' (Loew, 1850) * '' Contarinia dipsacearum'' Rübsaamen, 1921 * '' Contarinia divaricata'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia echii'' (Kieffer, 1895) * '' Contarinia elaeagniflorae'' Fedotova, 1988 * '' Contarinia enceliae'' (Felt, 1916) * '' Contarinia erigeronis'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia erucastris'' Fedotova, 1994 * '' Contarinia excavationis'' (Felt, 1908) * '' Contarinia fagi'' Rübsaamen, 1921 * '' Contarinia festucae'' Jones, 1940 * '' Contarinia fimbristylidis'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia fitchii'' Felt, 1912 * '' Contarinia flavolinea'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia floricola'' (Oettingen, 1927) * '' Contarinia floriperda'' Rübsaamen, 1917 * '' Contarinia florum'' Rübsaamen, 1917 * '' Contarinia forskalei'' Debski, 1918 * '' Contarinia galatellae'' Fedotova, 2003 * '' Contarinia galeobdolontis'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia galii'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia gei'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia gemmae'' Maia, 2003 * '' Contarinia geonomae'' Gagné, 2018 * '' Contarinia glycyrrhizae'' Fedotova, 1983 * '' Contarinia goebeliae'' Fedotova, 1987 * '' Contarinia gossypii'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia halimodendronis'' Fedotova, 1991 * '' Contarinia hedysari'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia heptapotamica'' Fedotova, 1991 * '' Contarinia heraclei'' (Rübsaamen, 1889) * '' Contarinia hongoi'' Gagné, 1993 * '' Contarinia hudsonici'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia humuli'' (Theobald, 1909) * '' Contarinia hydrangeae'' Shinji 1939 * '' Contarinia hyperici'' Barnes, 1952 * '' Contarinia hypochoeridis'' (Rübsaamen, 1891) * '' Contarinia ilicis'' Kieffer, 1898 * '' Contarinia inouyei'' Mani, 1954 * '' Contarinia inquilina'' Rübsaamen, 1917 * '' Contarinia intrans'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia inulicola'' Stelter, 1965 * '' Contarinia ishkovi'' Fedotova, 1997 * '' Contarinia istriana'' Janežič, 1980 * '' Contarinia jaapi'' Rübsaamen, 1914 * '' Contarinia jacobaeae'' (Loew, 1850) * '' Contarinia johnsoni'' Felt, 1909 * '' Contarinia jongi'' Kolesik, 2017 * '' Contarinia juniperina'' Felt, 1939 * '' Contarinia juniperiramea'' Fedotova, 1985 * '' Contarinia kanervoi'' Barnes, 1958 * '' Contarinia karataliensis'' Fedotova, 1994 * '' Contarinia karatavica'' Fedotova, 1994 * '' Contarinia kiefferi'' (Schlechtendahl, 1891) * '' Contarinia kochiae'' Fedotova, 1998 * '' Contarinia kurenzovi'' Kovalev, 1972 * '' Contarinia lamii'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia lamiicola'' Rübsaamen, 1915 * '' Contarinia lathyri'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia lentis'' Aczel * '' Contarinia lepidii'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia lespedezifolia'' Kovalev, 1972 * '' Contarinia liliacea'' Wahlgren, 1957 * '' Contarinia lilii'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia limonii'' Fedotova, 1992 * '' Contarinia lini'' Simova & Skuhravá, 2007 * '' Contarinia lolii'' Metcalfe, 1933 * '' Contarinia lonicerae'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia lonicerearum'' (Löw, 1877) * '' Contarinia loti'' (De Geer, 1776) * '' Contarinia luteola'' Tavares, 1902 * '' Contarinia lycii'' Debski, 1918 * '' Contarinia lyciicola'' Fedotova, 1983 * '' Contarinia lycopersici'' Felt, 1911 * '' Contarinia lysimachiae'' (Rübsaamen, 1893) * '' Contarinia maculipennis'' Felt, 1933 * '' Contarinia maculosa'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia majanthemi'' (Rübsaamen, 1925) * '' Contarinia mali'' Barnes, 1939 * '' Contarinia manii'' Harris, 2010 * '' Contarinia marchali'' Kieffer, 1896 * '' Contarinia martagonis'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia matusintome'' Haraguti & Monzen, 1955 * '' Contarinia medicaginis'' Kieffer, 1895 * '' Contarinia melaleucae'' Kolesik, 2017 * '' Contarinia melanocera'' Kieffer, 1904 * '' Contarinia melissitis'' Fedotova, 1992 * '' Contarinia merceri'' Barnes, 1930 * '' Contarinia meristotropea'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia minima'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia molluginis'' Rübsaamen, 1889 * '' Contarinia montana'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia morindae'' Grover, 1966 * '' Contarinia moringae'' Mani, 1936 * '' Contarinia mucidus'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia nasturtii'' (Kieffer, 1888) – swede midge * '' Contarinia negundinis'' (Gillette, 1890) * '' Contarinia nicolayi'' Fedotova, 1997 * '' Contarinia nitensis'' Fedotova, 1997 * '' Contarinia nitrariae'' Fedotova, 1988 * '' Contarinia nitrariagemmae'' Fedotova, 1988 * '' Contarinia nubilipennis'' (Kieffer, 1889) * '' Contarinia obesa'' Felt, 1918 * '' Contarinia okadai'' (Miyoshi, 1926) * '' Contarinia onobrychidis'' Kieffer, 1895 * '' Contarinia ononidis'' Kieffer, 1899 * '' Contarinia opuntiae'' (Felt, 1910) * '' Contarinia oregonensis'' Foote, 1956 * '' Contarinia orientalis'' (Rao & Sharma, 1977) * '' Contarinia ovipositosclera'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia oxytropeocarpi'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia oxytropiflora'' Fedotova, 1984 * '' Contarinia partheniicola'' (Cockerell, 1900) * '' Contarinia passlowi'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia pastinacae'' (Rübsaamen, 1892) * '' Contarinia pentaphylloidifolia'' Fedotova 1990 * '' Contarinia perfoliata'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia peritomatis'' (Cockerell, 1913) * '' Contarinia perplicata'' Fedotova, 1997 * '' Contarinia petioli'' (Kieffer, 1898) * '' Contarinia phellodendrobia'' Kovalev, 1972 * '' Contarinia phytolaccae'' Plakidas, 2016 * '' Contarinia picridis'' (Kieffer, 1894) * '' Contarinia pilosellae'' Kieffer, 1896 * '' Contarinia pimpinellae'' Tavares, 1902 * '' Contarinia piri'' Tavares, 1922 * '' Contarinia pisi'' (Loew, 1850) – pea midge * '' Contarinia plicata'' Gagné, 1993 * '' Contarinia plumosi'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia polygonati'' Rübsaamen, 1921 * '' Contarinia populi'' (Rübsaamen, 1917) * '' Contarinia pratula'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia pravdini'' Becknazarova & Mamaeva, 1981 * '' Contarinia prolixa'' Gagné & Byers, 1985 * '' Contarinia prosopidis'' (Mani, 1938) * '' Contarinia pruniflorum'' Coutin & Rambier, 1955 * '' Contarinia psammophila'' Marikovskij, 1975 * '' Contarinia pseudotsugae'' Condrashoff, 1961 * '' Contarinia pulcherrima'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia pulchripes'' (Kieffer, 1890) * '' Contarinia pyrivora'' (Riley, 1886) * '' Contarinia quercicola'' (Rübsaamen, 1899) * '' Contarinia quercina'' (Rübsaamen, 1890) * '' Contarinia quinquenotata'' (Löw, 1888) – daylily gall midge * '' Contarinia racemi'' (Stebbins, 1910) * '' Contarinia ramachandrani'' (Mani, 1953) * '' Contarinia ramicola'' (Rudow, 1875) * '' Contarinia reaumuriae'' Fedotova, 1991 * '' Contarinia rhamni'' Rübsaamen, 1892 * '' Contarinia ribis'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia roperi'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia rosaecarpae'' Fedotova, 1992 * '' Contarinia rubicola'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia rubsaameni'' (Kieffer, 1894) * '' Contarinia rudbeckiae'' Plakidas, 2016 * '' Contarinia rumicina'' (Tavares, 1919) * '' Contarinia rumicis'' (Loew, 1850) * '' Contarinia salatica'' Fedotova, 1996 * '' Contarinia salicola'' Shinji, 1939 * '' Contarinia sambuci'' (Kaltenbach, 1873) * '' Contarinia sambucifoliae'' Felt, 1907 * '' Contarinia saussureaflora'' Fedotova, 1996 * '' Contarinia scabiosae'' Kieffer, 1898 * '' Contarinia schlechtendaliana'' (Rübsaamen, 1893) * '' Contarinia schulzi'' Gagné, 1972 * '' Contarinia scirpi'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia scoparii'' (Rübsaamen, 1889) * '' Contarinia scrophulariae'' Kieffer, 1896 * '' Contarinia scutati'' Rübsaamen, 1910 * '' Contarinia sehimae'' Harris, 1979 * '' Contarinia selevini'' Fedotova, 1984 * '' Contarinia sennicola'' Kolesik, 2000 * '' Contarinia sesami'' Grover & Bakhshi, 1978 * '' Contarinia setigera'' (Lintner, 1897) * '' Contarinia shelahovi'' Kolomoets, 1986 * '' Contarinia shevtshenkoi'' Fedotova, 1991 * '' Contarinia silenei'' Tavares, 1916 * '' Contarinia silvestris'' Kieffer, 1897 * '' Contarinia solani'' (Rübsaamen, 1892) * '' Contarinia soongarica'' Fedotova, 1994 * '' Contarinia sorbariaflora'' Fedotova, 2004 * '' Contarinia sorbi'' (Kieffer, 1894) * '' Contarinia sphaerophysae'' Fedotova, 1984 * '' Contarinia spiraeaphaga'' Fedotova, 1988 * '' Contarinia spiraeina'' Felt, 1911 * '' Contarinia squamulicola'' (Stebbins, 1910) * '' Contarinia stackelbergi'' Kovalev 1972 * '' Contarinia steini'' (Karsch, 1881) * '' Contarinia subulifex'' Kieffer, 1897 * '' Contarinia symphyti'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia tanaceti'' Rübsaamen, 1921 * '' Contarinia tecomae'' (Felt, 1906) * '' Contarinia tephrosiae'' (Mani, 1944) * '' Contarinia texana'' (Felt, 1921) * '' Contarinia thalactri'' (Felt, 1907) * '' Contarinia thermopsidis'' s Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia thlaspeos'' Rübsaamen, 1910 * '' Contarinia tianschanica'' Fedotova, 1997 * '' Contarinia tiliarum'' (Kieffer, 1890) * '' Contarinia tragopogonis'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia tremulae'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia trifolii'' Felt, 1907 * '' Contarinia tritici'' (Kirby, 1798) – wheat fly * '' Contarinia trizni'' Fedotova, 1996 * '' Contarinia trotteri'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia truncata'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia turkmenica'' Becknazarova & Mamaeva, 1981 * '' Contarinia ubiquita'' Gagné 2001 * '' Contarinia umbellatarum'' Rübsaamen, 1910 * '' Contarinia utechini'' Fedotova, 1996 * '' Contarinia valerianae'' (Rübsaamen, 1890) * '' Contarinia variabilis'' Rübsaamen, 1917 * '' Contarinia vera'' Fedotova, 1997 * '' Contarinia verna'' (Curtis, 1827) * '' Contarinia vernalis'' (Felt, 1908) * '' Contarinia veronicastum'' Fedotova, 2003 * '' Contarinia verrucicola'' (Osten Sacken, 1875) * '' Contarinia viatica'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia viburnorum'' Kieffer, 1913 * '' Contarinia viciocarpi'' Fedotova, 1993 * '' Contarinia vincetoxici'' Kieffer, 1909 * '' Contarinia virginianiae'' (Felt, 1906) * '' Contarinia viridiflava'' Felt, 1908 * '' Contarinia virosa'' Fedotova, 1996 * '' Contarinia viticola'' Rübsaamen, 1906 * '' Contarinia washingtonensis'' Johnson, 1963 * '' Contarinia zauschneriae'' (Felt, 1912) * '' Contarinia ziziphorae'' Fedotova, 1998 * '' Contarinia zygophylli'' Debski, 1918 * '' Contarinia zygophylliflorae'' Fedotova, 1990

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2995440 Cecidomyiinae Cecidomyiidae genera Taxa named by Camillo Rondani Insects described in 1860