Daphnephila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciaroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Bibionomorpha Superfamilia: Sciaroidea

Familia: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamilia: Cecidomyiinae
Supertribus: Asphondyliidi
Tribus: Asphondyliini
Subtribus: Asphondyliina
Genus: Daphnephila
Species: D. haasi – D. machilicola – D. ornithocephala – D. stenocalia – D. sueyenae – D. taiwanensis – D. truncicola – D. urnicola

Name

Daphnephila Kieffer, 1905

Type species: Daphnephila haasi Kieffer, 1905 subsequent designation by Felt, 1911

References

• Pan, L-Y., Chiang, T-C, Weng, Y-C., Chen, W-N., Hsiao, S-C., Tokuda, M., Tsai, C-L. & Yang, M-M. 2015: Taxonomy and biology of a new ambrosia gall midge Daphnephila urnicola sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing urn-shaped leaf galls on two species of Machilus (Lauraceae) in Taiwan. Zootaxa 3955(3): 371–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.3.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Tokuda, M. , M.M. Yang & J. Yukawa, 2008: Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Daphnephila Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Complex Leaf Galls on Lauraceae, with Descriptions of Five New Species Associated with Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan. Zoological Science 25 (5): 533–545. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.533. Full article: [1].