Asteromyia tumifica
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| Asteromyia tumifica | |
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| A. tumifica stem gall | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Asteromyia |
| Species: | A. tumifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Asteromyia tumifica (Beutenmuller, 1907) | |
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Asteromyia tumifica is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1][2][3][4] This fly causes blister galls on green stems at the base of goldenrod stems. It has a fungal symbiont responsible for forming a black, hard cast around full-grown larvae. The fungi are transported by the female midges in the ovipositor and spores are transferred at the time of egg insertion into the stem. [5]
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