Rhopalomyia
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| Rhopalomyia | |
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| Rhopalomyia solidaginis, pupa and emerging adult | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Tribe: | Oligotrophini |
| Genus: | Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen, 1892 |
Rhopalomyia is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 267 described species in Rhopalomyia.[1] Most species in this genus induce galls on plants in the Asteraceae.[1] This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1] Rhopalomyia was first established by Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen in 1892.[1]
