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Taxomyia taxi (Inchbald) (Yew Artichoke Gall)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Taxomyia taxi 7 March 1998 Berks England 4

Suggested Literature

Taxomyia taxi may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)
CECIDOMYIIDAE
(gall midges)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Taxomyia taxi is associated with:

Photos larva (1st year) Taxus baccata - Yew (Taxaceae) larva (1st year) feeds within bud Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos larva (2nd year) Taxus baccata - Yew (Taxaceae) larva (2nd year) causes gall of bud Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 [causes "Yew Artichoke Gall"]

There may be more taxa associated with Taxomyia taxi listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with Taxomyia taxi:

gall, larva gall of larva with inquiline Cecidophyopsis psilaspis - Yew Big-bud Gall Mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos gall gall is predated by larva Blastobasis lignea - a micro-moth (Lepidoptera: Blastobasidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
gall gall is predated by larva Ditula angustiorana - Red-barred Tortrix (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva (3rd instar) larva (3rd instar) is parasitoid host of ovum Mesopolobus diffinis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva (3rd instar) larva (3rd instar) is parasitoid host of larva Mesopolobus diffinis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva (full grown) larva (full grown) is parasitoid host of ovum Mesopolobus diffinis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva (full grown) larva (full grown) is parasitoid host of larva Mesopolobus diffinis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva (full grown) larva (full grown) is parasitoid host of larva Torymus nigritarsus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva (full grown) larva (full grown) is parasitoid host of ova Torymus nigritarsus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva (full grown) larva (full grown) is predated by imago Torymus nigritarsus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos larva larva is predated by larva Blastobasis lignea - a micro-moth (Lepidoptera: Blastobasidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
larva larva is predated by larva Ditula angustiorana - Red-barred Tortrix (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
pupa pupa is parasitoid host of larva Mesopolobus diffinis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
pupa pupa is parasitoid host of ovum Mesopolobus diffinis - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
pupa pupa is parasitoid host of larva Torymus nigritarsus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
pupa pupa is parasitoid host of ova Torymus nigritarsus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992

Taxomyia taxi may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies)
CECIDOMYIIDAE
(gall midges)

References

Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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