Asphondylia floriformis
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 floriformis
Visual Description
Asphondylia floriformis is a species of gall midge. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult insects exhibit typical cecidomyiid morphology, characterized by delicate, slender bodies and long, thin legs.[1] The wings are relatively large in proportion to the body, with a reduced venation pattern common to the family.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia floriformis was described by Veenstra-Quah and Kolesik in 2007.[2] This species is known to infest Sarcocornia quinqueflora (often referred to as Salicornia quinqueflora in some databases), a plant species found in Australian salt marshes.[3] As a gall midge, its larvae induce the formation of galls on its host plant.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / floriformis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia floriformis Veenstra-Quah & Kolesik, 2007. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592832. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia floriformis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20floriformis. Accessed 2026-07-14.