Hartigiola annulipes (Hartig, 1839)
(a gall midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHartigiola annulipes (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 Hartigiola annulipes (a gall midge) :
1: Hartigiola annulipes (a gall midge)
7 Jul 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Galls on Beech leaves
Image 1: Galled leaves - under and top surfacesImage 2: Galls - lower suface - magnifiedImage 3: Galls - lower suface - magnified (2)Image 4: Galls - lower suface - magnified (3)Image 5: Galls - upper suface - magnifiedImage 6: Galls - upper suface - magnified (2)Image 7: Galls - upper suface - magnified (3)
2: Hartigiola annulipes (a gall midge)
2 Nov 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
nail galls, on leaves of beech
Image 1: Side and top views of galls on Beech leaf
3: Hartigiola annulipes (a gall midge)
21 Sep 1986 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Gall on Beech leaf
Image 1: Galls - side view - enlarged

Hartigiola annulipes (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 Hartigiola annulipes (a gall midge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hartigiola annulipes (a gall midge)
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