Asphondylia lathyri
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 lathyri
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia lathyri exhibits the characteristic morphology of a gall midge.[1] The specimens typically display a slender, delicate body structure typical of the family Cecidomyiidae, with long, thin legs and antennae. The wings are generally transparent and held in a characteristic position when at rest. Due to the small size of these insects, finer morphological details such as specific wing venation patterns or antennal segment counts are not clearly resolvable in the available imagery.[1]
Biology and Classification
Asphondylia lathyri is a species of gall midge within the family Cecidomyiidae, first described by the entomologist Rübsaamen in 1914.[2] As a member of the genus Asphondylia, it is associated with the formation of galls on host plants. Taxonomic treatments and records for this species are maintained in databases such as the Plazi TreatmentBank.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / lathyri constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia lathyri Rübsaamen, 1914. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592777. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia lathyri Rubsaamen 1914 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/58317C7DB100FF9E9F89D9A7E51B81B6. Accessed 2026-07-14.