Mycodiplosis

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Mycodiplosis adult imported from iNaturalist photo 508485756.jpg

| image_caption = Adult Mycodiplosis reared from a larva on Puccinia hypochaeridis

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| taxon = Mycodiplosis

| authority = Rübsaamen, 1895

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| synonyms =

• Isodiplosis Rübsaamen, 1912

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Mycodiplosis is a genus of gall midges.{{cite web |title=Genus Mycodiplosis (Rust-eating midges) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/602239-Mycodiplosis |website=iNaturalist |access-date=22 May 2025 |language=en}} The larvae feed on the spores of rust fungi, powdery mildews,{{cite journal | vauthors=((Henk, D. A.)), ((Farr, D. F.)), ((Aime, M. C.)) | journal=Fungal Ecology | title=Mycodiplosis (Diptera) infestation of rust fungi is frequent, wide spread and possibly host specific | volume=4 | issue=4 | pages=284–289 | date=1 August 2011 | issn=1754-5048 | doi=10.1016/j.funeco.2011.03.006| bibcode=2011FunE....4..284H }} downy mildews, Polythrincium trifolii, and Rhytisma acerinum.{{Cite web |website=Plant Parasites of Europe| vauthors=((Ellis, W. N.)) | year=2001–2025 | title=Mycodiplosis | url=https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/nematocera/cecidomyiidae/cecidomyiinae/cecidomyiidi/mycodiplosini/mycodiplosis/ | access-date=22 May 2025}} It is thought that they are generalist, without strong preferences for individual species of rust; there is only limited evidence to suggest some degree of host specificity.{{Cite thesis |degree=Master of Science| last=Nelsen | first=Donald Jay | year=2013 | title=A Phylogenetic Analysis of Species Diversity, Specificity, and Distribution of Mycodiplosis on Rust Fungi | publisher=Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College | url=https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/2700 | access-date=13 February 2025}}