Oligotrophini
(a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Cystiphora
a genus of gall midges
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 33 images
Dasineura
a genus of gall midges
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 		Genus 13 subtaxa 107 images 8 ident. refs
Didymomyia tiliacea
a gall midge
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 		Species 9 images
Geocrypta
a genus of gall midges
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images
Hartigiola annulipes
a gall midge
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 		Species 9 images
Iteomyia capreae
a gall midge
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 		Species 19 images
Iteomyia major
a gall midge
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 		Species 13 images
Jaapiella
a genus of gall midges
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
Rabdophaga
a genus of gall midges
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 19 images
Rondaniola bursaria
Lighthouse Gall
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 		Species 10 images
Taxomyia taxi
Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall
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 		Species 4 images
Wachtliella
a genus of gall midges
Leaf spray (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 17 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Oligotrophini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Oligotrophini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
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