Didymomyia tiliacea (Bremi, 1847)
(a gall midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDidymomyia tiliacea (a gall midge)
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 Didymomyia tiliacea (a gall midge) :
1: Didymomyia tiliacea (a gall midge)
19 Sep 2007 OSGR: SO90 51° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
galls in lime leaf
Image 1: Galled leaf - top surfaceImage 2: Galled leaf - under surfaceImage 3: Galls - top surface of leaf - close-upImage 4: Galls - top surface of leaf - close-up (2)Image 5: Galls - under surface of leaf - close-upImage 6: Galls - under surface of leaf - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Inner gall - cut open to show larva within - magnifiedImage 8: Inner galls (manually extracted) - highly enlargedImage 9: Larva in inner gall - magnified

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

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