Stefaniella Kieffer, 1898

Dorchin, Netta & Freidberg, Amnon, 2008, The Chenopodiaceae-feeding gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of the Na’aman salt marsh, Israel, Zootaxa 1937, pp. 1-22 : 15

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.184984

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6231598

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87F2-E275-BF5F-FF58-6CEA7948FE0A

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scientific name

Stefaniella Kieffer, 1898
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Genus Stefaniella Kieffer, 1898 View in CoL View at ENA

Stefaniella is an Old-World genus of the tribe Lasiopterini , comprising 9 described species ( Gagné 2004) of very uniform morphology, all but one develop in Atriplex spp. ( Chenopodiaceae ) in Central Asia and the Mediterranean basin. The female ovipositor is characterized by a straight, posteriorly pointed aculeus, a rectangular apical lamella, and a lateral plate that bears short setae. Palpus is two-segmented, and larvae have a bilobed spatula.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

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