Actilasioptera falcaria
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Actilasioptera
- Species: Actilasioptera falcaria
Visual Description
Actilasioptera falcaria is a gall-inducing midge. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult specimens exhibit a delicate, slender body typical of many cecidomyiids, with long, thin legs and elongated antennae.[1] The wings are generally transparent with fine venation patterns.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Actilasioptera falcaria is a gall-inducing midge associated with Avicennia species (Acanthaceae) in mangrove ecosystems.[2] It has been recorded inducing galls on Avicennia marina and Avicennia officinalis, and has been documented in mangrove forests such as those in Pichavaram on the southeastern coast of India.
Taxonomic History
The species was originally described by E.P. Felt in 1921 as Stefaniella falcaria.[3] It was subsequently transferred to the genus Actilasioptera by Gagné and Law in 1998 following a review of material from Java.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Actilasioptera / falcaria constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Rita de Cássia Oliveira dos Santos; Marcus Emanuel Barroncas Fernandes; Marlucia Bonifacio. Are the Species of the Genus Avicennia L. (Acanthaceae) a “Superhost” Plants of Gall-Inducing Arthropods in Mangrove Forests?. InTech eBooks. 2013. https://doi.org/10.5772/55454.
- ↑ Actilasioptera falcaria (Felt, 1921). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1591807. Accessed 2026-07-14.