Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall gnats and Gall midges)

Domain: EucaryaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: Diptera Phenology

Cecidomyiidae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Species Common Name Photo Where? Phenology
"Cecidomyia" hageniGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
"Cecidomyia" pumilaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Acericecis ocellarisGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Blaesodiplosis speciesGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Caryomyia antennataGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Cecidomyiidae_genus species 1Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Cecidomyiidae_genus species 2Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Cecidomyiidae_genus species 3Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Cecidomyiidae_genus species 4Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Cecidomyiidae_genus species 5Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Cecidomyiidae_genus species 6Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Contarinia citrinaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Contarinia species 1Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Contarinia species 2Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Contarinia verrucicolaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Dasineura communisGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Dasineura parthenocissiGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Dasineura pudibundaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Dasineura species 1Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Dasineura trifoliiGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Janetiella speciesGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Lestodiplosis eupatoriiGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Macrodiplosis erubescensGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Macrodiplosis majalisGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Macrodiplosis niveipilaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Neolasioptera impatientifoliaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Neolasioptera vernoniaeGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Polystepha americanaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Polystepha quercifoliaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Polystepha speciesGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Polystepha species 2Gall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Rabdopheya rigidaeGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Resseliella clavulaDogwood Club Gall(NA) HerePhenology
Resseliella liriodendriGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Resseliella tulipiferaeGall midge(NA) HerePhenology
Schizomyia umbellicolaGall midge(NA) HerePhenology

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Note:
Taxa on this list are only those contained in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
Also note: where part of the taxon name is species,
it means that the taxon name has not yet been agreed upon by taxonomists for this group,
or that it was not identified to this level.

In Case You Didn't Know ...
There are well over 1000 species in this family from the United States and Canada. Most of these are known as the flies that create galls on plant stems.


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