Asphondylia serpylli
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 serpylli
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia serpylli exhibits the characteristic morphology of a gall midge.[1] The adult insects are small, delicate flies with slender bodies and long, thin legs.[1] The wings are typically transparent or lightly patterned, and the antennae are often long and segmented, which is a common feature among members of the family Cecidomyiidae.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia serpylli is a species of gall midge described by Kieffer in 1898.[2] Like many members of the genus Asphondylia, this species is phytophagous and is known to interact with specific host plants.[3] Records indicate that A. serpylli interacts with Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus.[3]
Research into the gall midge fauna of regions such as Dagestan highlights that many phytophagous gall midges are plant-family specific, emphasizing the importance of understanding these trophic relationships for biodiversity conservation.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / serpylli constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia serpylli Kieffer, 1898. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592813. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Asphondylia serpylli. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20serpylli. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Z. A. Fedotova; Г. М. Нахибашева; Г. М. Мухтарова; А. Г. Гасангаджиева. Phytophagous gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) of Dagestan: fauna, biology and distribution. South of Russia ecology development. 2022. https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2022-3-35-53.