Massalongia

{{Short description|Genus of fly}}

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|taxon=Massalongia (insect)

|authority=Kieffer, 1890

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Massalongia is a genus of flies in the family Cecidomyiidae. The larvae induce galls on birches.

In 1855, the genus was named after Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo by German lichenologist Gustav Wilhelm Körber.{{cite book |last1=Körber |first1=G.W. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23747787 |title=Systema lichenum Germaniae |publisher=Trewendt & Granier |year=1855 |location=Breslau |page=109 |language=la |access-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301024325/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23747787 |archive-date=1 March 2022 |url-status=live}}

Species

The following six species have been described in this genus:{{Cite Q|Q99629732|doi-access=free}}{{Cite Q|Q109561625}}

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