Aprionus is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 137 described species in Aprionus.[1] The genus was established by Jean-Jacques Kieffer in 1894.[1]

Aprionus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Aprionini
Genus: Aprionus
Kieffer, 1894
Type species
Aprionus spiniger
Kieffer, 1894
Synonyms
  • Apriona Kieffer, 1894
  • Apriocryptus Mamaev & Berest, 1992
  • Apionus Berest, 1992
  • Crenuatus Berest, 1992
  • Operirus Berest, 1992
  • Subapionus Mamaev, 1998
  • Porianus Mamaev, 1998
  • Azygotricha Plakidas, 2017
  • Ampullomyia Plakidas, 2018

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  1. ^ a b R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.

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