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Lasiopteridi

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Lasiopteridi
The Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor: Oligotrophini)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe: Lasiopteridi
Tribes
Rhopalomyia solidaginis, pupa and adult.
Dasineura salicifoliae larvae inside a gall.

The Lasiopteridi is a supertribe of flies from the family Cecidomyiidae. They are often called gall midges or gall gnats.

Systematics

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Lasiopteridi - tribes, and selected genera:

Brachineurini[1]
Lasiopterini
Ledomyiini
Oligotrophini - selected genera

References

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  1. ^ Fedotova, Z. A. (2014). "Classification of gall midges of the supertribe Brachineuridi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae: Lasiopterinae) with description of new genera and new species from the Kurile Islands". Entomological Review. 94 (8). Pleiades Publishing Ltd: 1131–1190. doi:10.1134/s0013873814080107. ISSN 0013-8738.