Asphondylia tecticorniae
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 tecticorniae
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia tecticorniae exhibits the characteristic delicate, slender body form typical of many gall midges within the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] The specimens display long, thin legs and elongated antennae, which are consistent with the morphological traits of the genus Asphondylia.[1]
Ecology and Biology
Asphondylia tecticorniae is a gall-inducing midge. It has been documented to interact with the plant species Tecticornia arbuscula (family Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae), which serves as its host.[2] The species was formally described by Veenstra and Kolesik in 2011, based on research into gall midges infesting Tecticornia species in Australian saltmarshes.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / tecticorniae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia tecticorniae. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20tecticorniae. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia tecticorniae Veenstra & Kolesik, 2011. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11510812. Accessed 2026-07-14.