Mikiola fagi | |
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Gall formed by Mikiola fagi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Mikiola |
Species: | M. fagi |
Binomial name | |
Mikiola fagi (Hartig, 1839) |
Mikiola fagi, the beech gall midge is a gall-causing fly in the family Cecidomyiidae. This species was first described by Theodor Hartig in 1839.
Range
According to observations of the species aggregated on GBIF, this fly spreads across Europe.
References
- Swanton, Ernest William Brockton (1912). British plant-galls; a classified text book of cecidology. London,Methuen & co. ltd. p. 408.
- Mikiola fagi (Hartig, 1839) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-10-11.
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