Asphondylia sambuci
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 sambuci
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia sambuci exhibits typical characteristics of the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] The adult midges are small, delicate flies with slender bodies and long, thin legs. They possess relatively long, multi-segmented antennae, which are characteristic of the genus Asphondylia. The wings are typically clear or slightly smoky, with a reduced venation pattern common among gall midges. The overall body coloration is often muted, ranging from brownish to greyish tones, which may aid in camouflage on their host plants.[1]
Biology and Distribution
Asphondylia sambuci was described by E.P. Felt in 1908.[2] As members of the family Cecidomyiidae, species in the genus Asphondylia are well-known for their ability to induce galls on various host plants.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / sambuci constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia sambuci Felt, 1908. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592582. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Z. A. Fedotova; Г. М. Нахибашева; Г. М. Мухтарова; K. S. Bekshokov; А. Г. Гасангаджиева. New and little‐known species of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) and other gall‐formers in the fauna of Dagestan. South of Russia ecology development. 2025. https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2024-4-8.