Massalongia
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|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}}
- Massalongia altaica Fedotova, 1990
- Massalongia bachmaieri Möhn, 1954
- Massalongia betulifolia Harris, 1974
- Massalongia nakamuratetsui Elsayed & Tokuda 2020
- Massalongia papyrifera (Gagné, 1967)
- Massalongia rubra (Kieffer, 1890)
References
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Category:Taxa named by Jean-Jacques Kieffer
Category:Insects described in 1890
Category:Gall-inducing insects
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