Massalongia is a genus of flies in the family Cecidomyiidae. The larvae induce galls on birches.[1][2]
| Massalongia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Cecidomyiinae |
| Genus: | Massalongia Kieffer, 1890 |
Species edit
The following six species have been described in this genus:[2][1]
- Massalongia altaica Fedotova, 1990
- Massalongia bachmaieri Möhn, 1954
- Massalongia betulifolia Harris, 1974
- Massalongia nakamuratetsui Elsayed & Tokuda 2020
- Massalongia papyrifera (Gagné, 1967)
- Massalongia rubra (Kieffer, 1890)
References edit
- ^ a b R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
- ^ a b Ayman Khamis Elsayed; Marcela Skuhravá; Kazuki Ohta; Satoshi Yoshida; Makoto Tokuda (11 August 2020). "Revision of the birch-associated genus Massalongia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), with description of a new species from Japan and a taxonomic key to worldwide species". ZooKeys. 958: 1–27. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.958.54300. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 7434807. PMID 32863715. Wikidata Q99629732.
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