Schizomyia

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Schizomyia
S. galiorum gall on Galium verum.
S. viticola galls on Vitis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe: Asphondyliidi
Tribe: Asphondyliini
Subtribe: Schizomyiina
Genus: Schizomyia
Kieffer, 1889[1][2]
Type species
Schizomyia galiorum
Kieffer, 1889[1]
Diversity
Approximately 55 species[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Paraschizomyia Möhn, 1961[3]

Schizomyia is a genus of gall midges. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

This genus is in the tribe Schizomyiina of the tribe Asphondyliini of the family Cecidomyiidae.[4][5][6]

S. racemicola galls
S. racemicola larva

These 51 species belong to the genus Schizomyia:

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