Asphondylia capparis
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 capparis
Visual Description
Asphondylia capparis is a gall-inducing midge. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show that the species induces galls on its host plants, which appear as hardened, bud-like structures.[1] These galls are typically brownish, dry, and woody in texture, often exhibiting a distinct exit hole where the adult midge has emerged.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Asphondylia capparis was described by Rübsaamen in 1894.[2] Like other members of the genus Asphondylia, this species is known to be associated with specific host plants where it forms galls.[3]
The species is subject to parasitism by various Hymenoptera, including Pseudocatolaccus nitescens, Eupelmus urozonus, and species within the genus Eurytoma.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / capparis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia capparis Rübsaamen, 1894. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592771. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Asphondylia capparis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20capparis. Accessed 2026-07-14.