Rhizocecis rhois
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhizocecis
Detachable: integral
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Season: Winter, Fall, Summer
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Alignment: integral
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Location: underground (roots+)
Form: abrupt swelling
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Cecidomyia rhois
Dasineura rhois
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Four new genera of Nearctic Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) for species previously incorrectly placed
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The single species placed here [in Rhizocecis] is responsible for tuberlike galls on aerial rootlets of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze (Anacardiaceae). It had previously been placed in Dasineura (Gagné 2010).
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (2013) Four new genera of Nearctic Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) for species previously incorrectly placed©
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