Daphnephila sueyenae 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.[1]

Daphnephila sueyenae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Daphnephila
Species:
D. sueyenae
Binomial name
Daphnephila sueyenae
Tokuda, Yang & Yukawa, 2008

References

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  1. ^ Tokuda, Makoto; Yang, Man-Miao; Yukawa, Junichi (2008). "Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Daphnephila Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Complex Leaf Galls on Lauraceae, with Descriptions of Five New Species Associated with Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan". Zoological Science. 25 (5): 533–545. doi:10.2108/zsj.25.533. ISSN 0289-0003. PMID 18558807. S2CID 32370318.

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