Dasineura fraxini (Bremi, 1847)
(a gall midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDasineura fraxini (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 fraxini (a gall midge) :
1: Dasineura fraxini (a gall midge)
2 Jul 2008 OSGR: TA08 54° 10’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
galls on midrib 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: Galled leaf - under surface - close-up - white background (2)Image 6: Galled leaf - under surface - close-up - white background (3)Image 7: Gall - cross section - close-up - magnifiedImage 8: Gall - top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Gall - top surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Gall - top surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 11: Gall - top surface - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 12: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 14: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 15: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 16: Gall - under surface - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 17: Larva in opened gall - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 18: Larva in opened gall - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 19: Larva in opened gall - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 20: Larva in opened gall - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 21: Larva in opened gall - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (3)Image 22: Larva in opened gall - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (4)Image 23: Larva in opened gall - lateral view - close-up - magnified

Dasineura fraxini (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 fraxini (a gall midge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dasineura fraxini (a gall midge)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)