Daphnephila ornithocephala
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| genus = Daphnephila
| species = ornithocephala
| authority = Tokuda, Yang & Yukawa, 2008
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Daphnephila ornithocephala is a species of gall midge 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.{{cite journal|last1=Tokuda|first1=Makoto|last2=Yang|first2=Man-Miao|last3=Yukawa|first3=Junichi|title=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|journal=Zoological Science|volume=25|issue=5|year=2008|pages=533–545|issn=0289-0003|doi=10.2108/zsj.25.533|pmid=18558807|s2cid=32370318}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal | last1 = Pan | first1 = Liang-Yu | display-authors = etal | year = 2015 | title = 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 | journal = Zoological Science | volume = 32 | issue = 3| pages = 314–321 | doi = 10.2108/zs140244 | pmid = 26003988 | s2cid = 207285754 }}
- Chiang, Tung-Chyuan, and 江東權. "Biosystematics of the galling midge Daphnephila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Machilus spp.(Lauraceae) in Taiwan." (2012).
- {{cite journal | last1 = Chao | first1 = Jo-Fan | last2 = Liao | first2 = Gwo-Ing | year = 2013 | title = Histocytological aspects of four types of ambrosia galls on Machilus zuihoensis Hayata (Lauraceae) | journal = Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants | volume = 208 | issue = 3| pages = 157–164 | doi = 10.1016/j.flora.2013.01.001 }}
External links
- {{EOL|7600370|Daphnephila ornithocephala}}
- [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Daphnephila_ornithocephala/classification/#Daphnephila_ornithocephala ADW]
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