Asphondylia miki
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 miki
Visual Description
Asphondylia miki is a species of gall midge within the family Cecidomyiidae. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic features of the genus, including a slender body form typical of many dipterans in this family.[1] The specimens exhibit delicate, elongated appendages and wings that are held in a manner consistent with other members of the tribe Asphondyliini. Due to the limitations of the available imagery, finer morphological details such as specific antennal segment counts or wing venation patterns cannot be definitively resolved.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia miki was described by Wachtl in 1880.[2] As a member of the Cecidomyiidae, it is associated with the formation of galls on host plants. Interactions recorded for this species include being a host to parasitoid wasps, such as Eurytoma dentata and Torymoides violaceus.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / miki constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia miki Wachtl, 1880. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592893. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia miki. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20miki. Accessed 2026-07-14.