Asphondylia dorycnii
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 dorycnii
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia dorycnii exhibits characteristics typical of gall midges.[1] The adult insects are small and delicate, with slender bodies and long, thin legs.[1] They possess prominent, relatively large eyes that occupy a significant portion of the head, and long, thread-like antennae.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia dorycnii (Müller, 1870) is a species of gall midge.[2] It is known to interact with the plant Lotus dorycnium.[3] Additionally, the species is documented as a host for the hymenopteran parasitoid Eupelmus barai.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / dorycnii constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia dorycnii (Müller, 1870). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8256023. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Asphondylia dorycnii. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20dorycnii. Accessed 2026-07-14.