Asphondylia prosopidis
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 prosopidis
Visual Description
Asphondylia prosopidis is a gall-inducing midge. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult flies exhibit the characteristic delicate, slender body form typical of the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] They possess long, slender legs and antennae, with wings that are often held over the back when at rest.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Asphondylia prosopidis is known to interact with plants in the genus Prosopis, including Prosopis glandulosa.[2] As a gall-inducing insect, it modifies plant tissue to create galls, which provide both food and shelter for its developing larvae.[3] It is also known to be associated with parasitoid wasps in the genus Torymus.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / prosopidis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia prosopidis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20prosopidis. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia prosopidis. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphondylia_prosopidis. Accessed 2026-07-14.