Mycodiplosis Rübsaamen, 1895
(rust midges)

Interactions where Mycodiplosis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva grazes on ERYSIPHACEAE powdery mildews Erysiphales A Dipterist’s handbook, Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycodiplosis/Mycodiplosisrust midgeslarva Fungus / external feeder /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphaceaepowdery mildews
larva larva grazes on PUCCINIALES rust fungi A Dipterist’s handbook, Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Mycodiplosis/Mycodiplosisrust midgeslarva Fungus / external feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Puccinialesrust fungi

Author & YearTitleSource
Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978A Dipterist’s handbookVol 15, 255pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Mycodiplosis (rust midges) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mycodiplosis (rust midges) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Mycodiplosis coniophaga
a gall midge
Species 48 trophisms
Mycodiplosis inimica
a gall midge
Species 5 trophisms
Mycodiplosis oidii
a gall midge
Species 15 trophisms
Mycodiplosis pucciniae
a gall midge
Species 9 trophisms
Mycodiplosis sphaerothecae
a gall midge
Species 21 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMycodiplosis (rust midges)
TribeCecidomyiini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SupertribeCecidomyiidi (a supertribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SubfamilyCECIDOMYIINAE (a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges)
FamilyCECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mycodiplosis (rust midges)

Mycodiplosis (rust midges) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henk, D.A., Farr, D.F. & Aime, M.C. 2011 Mycodiplosis (Diptera) infestation of rust fungi is frequent, wide spread and possibly host specific FungEcol Vol 04 (4): 284-289.
Holz, B. 1970 Revision in Mitteleuropa vorkommender mycophager Gallmucken der Mycodiplosis-gruppe (Diptera, Cecidomiidae) unter Berucksichtigung ihrer Wirtspezifitat

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Mycodiplosis (rust midges):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of Mycodiplosis (rust midges)

The adults can easily be reared by keeping the host leaf in a tube.

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