Lasioptera ephedricola

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Lasioptera
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Walls: mycelium lining
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
Cells: monothalamous
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Common Name(s): Stem Gall Midge
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The Identity of the Better Known Midge Galls

L. ephedricola

Gall a resinous, elongate, lateral, brown swelling on the twigs of Ephedra trijurca.

- E P Felt: (1911) The Identity of the Better Known Midge Galls©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1612528#page/170/mode/1up


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