- Source: Daphnephila stenocalia
Daphnephila stenocalia is a species of gall midges 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
Huang, Meng-Yuan; et al. (2014). "Herbivorous insects alter the chlorophyll metabolism of galls on host plants". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 17 (3): 431–434. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2014.04.004.
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.
Huang, Meng-Yuan; et al. (2014). "Leaf‐derived cecidomyiid galls are sinks in Machilus thunbergii (Lauraceae) leaves". Physiologia Plantarum. 152 (3): 475–485. doi:10.1111/ppl.12186. PMID 24621096.
External links
"Daphnephila stenocalia". The Encyclopedia of Life.
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