Asphondylia betheli
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| Asphondylia betheli | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Asphondylia |
| Species: | A. betheli
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| Binomial name | |
| Asphondylia betheli Cockerell, 1907
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Asphondylia betheli is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] This midge is widespread in the southwestern United States.[1] The larvae of this species induce galls on in the fruit of Opuntia cacti.[1][2] This species was first described by American zoologist Theodore Cockerell in 1907.[1][2]
References
Further reading
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.
