Asphondylia atriplicis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Asphondylia
- Species: Asphondylia atriplicis
Overview
Asphondylia atriplicis (Townsend, 1893) is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.[2] It is commonly known as the tumor stem gall midge.[2]
Ecology
Asphondylia atriplicis is known to interact with the plant Atriplex lentiformis.[3] It also serves as a host for the parasitoid wasp Eupelmus chrysosinamorus.
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia atriplicis exhibits the characteristic delicate, long-legged morphology typical of many cecidomyiids.[1] The adults possess slender, elongated bodies and long, thread-like antennae.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / atriplicis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Asphondylia atriplicis (Townsend, 1893). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592837. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia atriplicis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20atriplicis. Accessed 2026-07-14.