Asphondylia melanopus
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 melanopus
Visual Description
Asphondylia melanopus is a species of gall midge within the family Cecidomyiidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic delicate, slender morphology typical of many cecidomyiids, with long, thin legs and antennae.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia melanopus was described by Kieffer in 1890.[2] This species is known to interact with Lotus corniculatus (common bird's-foot trefoil).[3]
Nomenclatural Notes
The genus-group name Asphondylia Loew, 1850, has been subject to nomenclatural study. The name Asphondilia Rondani, 1861, and Phillophaga Lioy, 1864, are considered synonyms of Asphondylia Loew, 1850.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / melanopus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia melanopus Kieffer, 1890. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592764. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia melanopus. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20melanopus. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ James E. O’Hara; Pierfilippo Cerretti; Thomas Pape; Neal L. Evenhuis. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani. Zootaxa. 2011. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3141.1.1.