Mycodiplosis
Genus of flies
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Mycodiplosis is a genus of gall midges.[1] The larvae feed on the spores of rust fungi, powdery mildews,[2] downy mildews, Polythrincium trifolii, and Rhytisma acerinum.[3] It is thought that they are generalist, without strong preferences for individual species of rust; there is only limited evidence to suggest some degree of host specificity.[2][3][4]
| Mycodiplosis | |
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| Adult Mycodiplosis reared from a larva on Puccinia hypochaeridis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Cecidomyiinae |
| Supertribe: | Cecidomyiidi |
| Tribe: | Mycodiplosini |
| Genus: | Mycodiplosis Rübsaamen, 1895 |
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Taxonomy
Mycodiplosis contains the following species:
- Mycodiplosis pucciniae[1]
- Mycodiplosis thoracica[1]
- Mycodiplosis fraxinicola[1]
- Mycodiplosis sphaerothecae[1]
- Mycodiplosis coniophaga[1]
- Mycodiplosis erysiphes[1]
- Mycodiplosis heterosaetosa[1]
- Mycodiplosis gymnosporangii[1]
- Mycodiplosis constricta[1]
- Mycodiplosis hemileiae[1]
- Mycodiplosis glycyrrhizae[1]
