- Source: Daphnephila ornithocephala
Daphnephila ornithocephala is a species of gall midge first associated with leaf galls on Lauraceae species, particularly Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan. Based on analysis on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, it has been suggested that in this genus, the stem-galling habit is a more ancestral state as opposed to the leaf-galling habit. This genus appears to have originated tropically and dispersed to Japan through Taiwan.
References
Further reading
Pan, Liang-Yu; et al. (2015). "Is a Gall an Extended Phenotype of the Inducing Insect? A Comparative Study of Selected Morphological and Physiological Traits of Leaf and Stem Galls on Machilus thunbergii (Lauraceae) Induced by Five Species of Daphnephila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Northeastern Taiwan". Zoological Science. 32 (3): 314–321. doi:10.2108/zs140244. PMID 26003988. S2CID 207285754.
Chiang, Tung-Chyuan, and 江東權. "Biosystematics of the galling midge Daphnephila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Machilus spp.(Lauraceae) in Taiwan." (2012).
Chao, Jo-Fan; Liao, Gwo-Ing (2013). "Histocytological aspects of four types of ambrosia galls on Machilus zuihoensis Hayata (Lauraceae)". Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 208 (3): 157–164. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2013.01.001.
External links
"Daphnephila ornithocephala". The Encyclopedia of Life.
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