Ozirhincus is a Palearctic genus of gall midges, whose larval stages feed predominantly on the seeds of Asteraceae.[2]

Ozirhincus
Ovipositing female of Ozirhincus longicollis
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Ozirhincus

Rondani, 1840
Type species
Ozirhincus longicollis
Rondani, 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Acorhynchus Rondani, 1861
  • Clinorhyncha Loew, 1850
  • Oxyrhyncus Rondani, 1856
  • Ozyrhinchus Rondani, 1861


(and many spelling variations)

References

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  1. ^ O’HARA, JAMES E.; CERRETTI, PIERFILIPPO; PAPE, THOMAS; EVENHUIS, NEAL L. (2011). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3141: 1–268. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3141.1.1.
  2. ^ Dorchin et al. (2015), Linder(1966)

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