Ozirhincus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Ozirhincus
Ovipositing female of Ozirhincus longicollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe: Lasiopteridi
Tribe: Lasiopterini
Genus: Ozirhincus
Rondani, 1840
Type species
Ozirhincus longicollis
Rondani, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Acorhynchus Rondani, 1861
  • Clinorhyncha Loew, 1850
  • Oxyrhyncus Rondani, 1856
  • Ozyrhinchus Rondani, 1861


(and many spelling variations)

Ozirhincus is a Palearctic genus of gall midges, whose larval stages feed predominantly on the seeds of Asteraceae.[2]

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