Dasineura fraxinea Kieffer, 1907
(a gall midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDasineura fraxinea (a gall midge)
GenusDasineura (a genus of gall midges)
TribeOligotrophini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SupertribeLasiopteridi (a supertribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SubfamilyCECIDOMYIINAE (a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges)
FamilyCECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Dasineura fraxinea (a gall midge) :
1: Dasineura fraxinea (a gall midge)
7 Aug 2010 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
leaf-spots on leaf spots on Ash
Image 1: Leaf spots of various ages - from underside of leafImage 2: Leaf spot with fungus leaf-spots- from top of leafImage 3: Leaf spot - from top of leaf - enlargedImage 4: Leaf spot - from underside of leaf - enlargedImage 5: Leaf spot - from underside of leaf - enlarged (2)
2: Dasineura fraxinea (a gall midge)
13 Jun 2010 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
galling nerve of leaflets of Ash
Image 1: Gall - top view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Gall - top view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Gall - top view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Gall - top view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 5: Gall - underside - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Gall - underside - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Gall - underside - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 8: Gall - underside - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 9: Gall - underside - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 10: Gall - underside - close-up - enlarged (6)
3: Dasineura fraxinea (a gall midge)
2 Jul 2008 OSGR: TA08 54° 10’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
galls on blade of Ash leaf
Image 1: Galled leaf - top surface - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Galled leaf - top surface - close-up - white background (2)Image 3: Galled leaf - top surface - close-up - white background (3)Image 4: Galled leaf - under surface - close-up - white backgroundImage 5: Galls - top surface - close-up - white backgroundImage 6: Galls - top surface - close-up - white background (2)Image 7: Galls - under surface - close-up - white backgroundImage 8: Galls - under surface - close-up - white background (2)Image 9: Galls - top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Galls - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Gall - top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 12: Gall - top surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 13: Gall - top surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 14: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 15: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 16: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 17: Gall - under surface - close-up - highly enlargedImage 18: Gall - under surface - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 19: Gall - under surface - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 20: Gall - under surface - close-up - highly enlarged (4)Image 21: Gall - under surface with exit hole - close-up - highly enlargedImage 22: Gall - under surface with exit holes - close-up - highly enlarged

Dasineura fraxinea (a gall midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dasineura fraxinea (a gall midge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dasineura fraxinea (a gall midge)
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