Family CECIDOMYIIDAE




Cecidomyiids, or gall midges, are found worldwide and constitute a moderately large number of species (78) in the fossil Diptera record. There are approximately 3,000 living and fossil species described in this family. Larvae are found in a variety of habitats. Members of the Cecidomyiinae contain the gall makers, but also include mycophagous, predaceous, or parasitic forms. Other larvae are found in decaying wood and other vegetation.

Cecidomyiidae are one of the most frequently encountered families of Diptera in fossil deposits, especially amber inclusions. In addition to the determined forms listed below, records of undetermined taxa are known from the Cretaceous ambers of France (Schlüter, 1978: 100), New Jersey (Grimaldi et al., 1989: 22), and Lebanon (Hennig, 1973: 33), the Oligocene/Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Schlee & Glockner, 1978: 27), the Miocene amber of Bitterfeld, Germany (Barthel & Hetzer, 1982: 328), the Miocene amber of Austria (Schlee, 1984), and the Eocene amber of the Caucasus (Zherichin, 1978: 111). Brooks (1955) listed records of fossil gall insects including an apparent Cecidomyia sp. from Eocene deposits in western Tennessee.

Ref.: Meunier (1904c, review of Baltic amber taxa).


Genus ASYNAPTA Loew

*ASYNAPTA Loew, 1850a: 39 (as Cecidomyia subgenus). Type species: Cecidomyia longicollis Loew, 1850, by subsequent designation of Karsch (1877: 14).
Unidentified sp.-PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A] (Loew, 1850b: 32).


Genus BREMIA Rondani

*BREMIA Rondani, 1861a: 289 (as Diplosis subgenus). Type species: Cecidomyia decorata Loew, 1850, by original designation.
Unidentified sp.-NT: Mexico (Oligocene/Miocene) [A] (Gagné, 1973: 171).


Genus BRYOCRYPTA Kieffer

*BRYOCRYPTA Kieffer, 1896: 8. Type species: Bryocrypta dubia Kieffer, 1896, by original designation.
capitosa Meunier, 1904a: 26 [1904c: 15]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
elegantula Meunier, 1904a: 27 [1904c: 16]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
fagioides Meunier, 1904a: 28 [1904c: 17]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
girafa Meunier, 1904a: 25 [1904c: 14]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
vetusta Meunier, 1904a: 27 [1904c: 17]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus CAMPTOMYIA Kieffer

*CAMPTOMYIA Kieffer, 1894:f: 313. Type species: Camptomyia binotata Kieffer, 1894, by subsequent designation of Felt (1911: 41).
sinuosa Meunier, 1904a: 36 [1904c: 25]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus CAMPYLOMYZA Meigen

*CAMPYLOMYZA Meigen, 1818: 101. Type species: Campylomyza flavipes Meigen, 1818, by subsequent designation of Westwood (1840: 126).
crassitaris Meunier, 1904a: 40 [1904c: 29]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
globulifera Keilbach, 1982: 346. Nomen nudum.


Genus CATOCHA Haliday

*CATOCHA Haliday, 1833: 156. Type species: Catocha latipes Haliday, 1833, by monotypy.
*MOLOBRAEA Loew, 1850a: 12, 20. Type species: Mimosciara molobrina Rondani, 1840 [= Catocha latipes Haliday, 1833], by subsequent designation of Pritchard (1948: 667).
tenella Loew, 1850b: 32. Nomen nudum.


Genus CATOTRICHA Edwards

*CATOTRICHA Edwards, 1938: 102. Type species: Catocha americana Felt, 1908, by original designation.
mesozoica Kovalev, 1990: 175. PA: Russia (Siberia) (Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous) [C].

 

Genus CECIDOMYIA Meigen

ITONIDA Meigen, 1800: 19. Suppressed by I.C.Z.N. (1963: 339).
*CECIDOMYIA Meigen, 1803: 261. Type species: Tipula pini De Geer, 1776, by monotypy.
*DIPLOSIS Loew, 1850a: 20 (as Cecidomyia subgenus). Type species: Tipula pini De Geer, 1776, by subsequent designation of Rondani (1861: 289).
anomala Keilbach, 1982: 344. Nomen nudum.
bremii Heer, 1864: 394. PA: Germany (Oligocene) [C].
bujunensis Naora, 1933: 216. PA: China (Miocene) [C].
conjuncta Meunier, 1899b: 161. Nomen nudum.
dubia Heyden, 1862: 80. PA: Germany (Oligocene) [T].
filicornis Keilbach, 1982: 344. Nomen nudum.
incompleta Loew, 1850b: 32. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
minutissima Loew, 1850b: 32. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
pontaniiformis Cockerell, 1908a: 66. NE: USA (Oligocene) [C].
protogaea Heer, 1856: 32. PA: France (Oligocene) [C].
recta Keilbach, 1982: 344. Nomen nudum.
spectabilis Meunier, 1899b: 161 [1899e: pl. I, fig. 1]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
[Validated by bibliographic reference to the plate in Meunier (1899e).]
?Unidentified sp.-NE: USA (Eocene) [T] (Brooks, 1955: 4).
Unidentified sp.-PA: Sicily (Miocene) [A] (Guérin-Méneville, 1838a: 170).
Unidentified sp.-PA: UK (England) (Eocene) [A] (Reid, 1884: 602).


Genus CLINODIPLOSIS Kieffer

*CLINODIPLOSIS Kieffer, 1894d: 120. Type species: Diplosis cilicrus Kieffer, 1889, by monotypy.
Unidentified sp.-NT: Mexico (Oligocene/Miocene) [A] (Gagné, 1973: 170).


Genus COLOMYIA Kieffer

*COLOMYIA Kieffer, 1892: 259. Type species: Colomyia clavata Kieffer, 1892, by monotypy.
Unidentified sp.-PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A] (Meunier, 1901b: 188).

Genus COLPODIA Winnertz

*COLPODIA Winnertz, 1853: 185 (as Cecidomyia subgenus). Type species: Cecidomyia angustipennis Winnertz, 1853, by monotypy.
brevicornis Meunier, 1904a: 32 [1904c: 21]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
curvinervis Meunier, 1904a: 31 [1904c: 20]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
xylophaga Meunier, 1904a: 30 [1904c: 19]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus CONTARINIA Rondani

*CONTARINIA Rondani, 1861a: 289 (as Cecidomyia subgenus). Type species: Tipula loti De Geer, 1776, by original designation.
Unidentified sp.-NT: Mexico (Oligocene/Miocene) [A] (Gagné, 1973: 170).


Genus CRETOCATOCHA Gagné

CRETOCATOCHA Gagné, 1977: 58. Type species: Cretocatocha mcalpinei Gagné, 1977, by original designation.
mcalpinei Gagné, 1977: 58. NE: Canada (Upper Cretaceous) [A].


Genus CRETOCORDYLOMYIA Gagné

CRETOCORDYLOMYIA Gagné, 1977: 60. Type species: Cretocordylomyia quadriseries Gagné, 1977, by original designation.
quadriseries Gagné, 1977: 60. NE: Canada (Upper Cretaceous) [A].


Genus CRETOMIASTOR Gagné

CRETOMIASTOR Gagné, 1977: 62. Type species: Cretomiastor ferejunctus Gagné, 1977, by original designation.
ferejunctus Gagné, 1977: 62. NE: Canada (Upper Cretaceous) [A].


Genus CRETOWINNERTZIA Gagné

CRETOWINNERTZIA Gagné, 1977: 60. Type species: Cretowinnertzia angustala Gagné, 1977, by original designation.
angustala Gagné, 1977: 60. NE: Canada (Upper Cretaceous) [A].


Genus DASINEURA Rondani

*DASINEURA Rondani, 1840b: 12, 17. Type species: Dasineura obscura Rondani, 1856, by subsequent designation in Rondani (1856: 200).
*DASYNEVRA Agassiz, 1846: 117 (unjustified emendation of Dasineura Rondani). Type species: Dasineura obscura Rondani, 1856, automatic. [Preoccupied by Saunders, 1842.]
Unidentified sp.-PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A] (Meunier, 1901b: 186).


Genus DIRHIZA Loew

*DIRHIZA Loew, 1850a 21 (as Cecidomyia subgenus). Type species: Cecidomyia lateritia Loew, 1850, by monotypy.
Unidentified sp.-PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A] (Loew, 1850b: 32).


Genus FRIRENIA Kieffer

*FRIRENIA Kieffer, 1894g: 201. Type species: Frirenia tenella Kieffer, 1894, by monotypy.
eocenica Meunier, 1904a: 43 [1904c: 32]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus HARTIGIOLA Rübsaamen

*HARTIGIOLA Rübsaamen, 1912: 161. Type species: Cecidomyia annulipes Hartig, 1839, by original designation.
fossilus Straus, 1977: 78. PA: Romania (Pliocene) [T]; PA: Germany (Pliocene) [T].


Genus HENRIA Wyatt

*HENRIA Wyatt, 1959: 175. Type species: Henria psalliotae Wyatt, 1959, by original designation.
Unidentified sp.-NT: Mexico (Oligocene/Miocene) [A] (Gagné, 1973: 170).


Genus HETEROPEZA Winnertz

*HETEROPEZA Winnertz, 1846: 13. Type species: Heteropeza pygmaea Winnertz, 1846, by monotypy.
pulchella Meunier, 1904a: 43 [1904c: 32]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus LASIOPTERA Meigen

*LASIOPTERA Meigen, 1818: 88. Type species: Lasioptera picta Meigen, 1818 [= Tipula rubi Schrank, 1803], by subsequent designation of Karsch (1877: 14). [Validated by I.C.Z.N. (1970: 95).]
recessa Scudder, 1877a: 745. NE: USA (Eocene) [C].
Unidentified sp.-PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A] (Burmeister, 1832: 637).


Genus LEDOMYIA Kieffer

*LEPIDOMYIA Kieffer, 1894g: 201. Type species: Lepidomyia lugens Kieffer, 1894, by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Loew, 1864.]
*LEDOMYIA Kieffer, 1895e: cccxx (new replacement name for Lepidomyia Kieffer). Type species: Lepidomyia lugens Kieffer, 1894, automatic.
*PHAENOLAUTHIA Kieffer, 1912a: 2 (xi). Type species: Ledomyia obscuripennis Kieffer, 1904, by original designation.
Unidentified sp.-NT: Mexico (Oligocene/Miocene) [A] (Gagné, 1973: 170).


Genus LEDOMYIELLA Meunier

LEDOMYIELLA Meunier, 1904a: 44 [1904c: 33]. Type species: Ledomyiella succinea Meunier, 1904, by subsequent designation of Felt (1911: 38) (as "succini").
crassipes Meunier, 1904a: 47 [1904c: 36]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
eocenica Meunier, 1904a: 46 [1904c: 35]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
pygmaea Meunier, 1904a: 46 [1904c: 35]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
rotundata Meunier, 1904a: 45 [1904c: 34]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
succinea Meunier, 1904a: 45 [1904c: 34]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus LEPTOSYNA Kieffer

*LEPTOSYNA Kieffer, 1894g: 201. Type species: Leptosyna acutipennis Kieffer, 1894, by monotypy.
*nervosa Winnertz, 1852: 49 (Heteropeza). PA: Germany; Europe; PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].



Genus LESTODIPLOSIS Kieffer**

*LESTODIPLOSIS Kieffer, 1894b: 84; [1894c: xxviii]. Type species: Cecidomyia pictipennis Perris, 1870, by subsequent designation of Kieffer, 1895c: cclxxx.
*LEPTODIPLOSIS. Incorrect original spelling of Lestodiplosis (Kieffer, 1894a: xxviii [1894c: xxviii). [See I.C.Z.N. (1958a: 293) for decision on accepted spelling and usage of this genus.]
kiefferis Meunier, 1905d: 90. AF: Madagascar (Holocene) [K].
Unidentified sp.-NT: Mexico (Oligocene/Miocene) [A] (Gagné, 1973: 171).


Genus LESTREMIA Macquart

*LESTREMIA Macquart, 1826a: 173. Type species: Lestremia cinerea Macquart, 1826, by monotypy.
pinites Meunier, 1904a: 42 [1904c: 31]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus LITHOMYZA Scudder

LITHOMYZA Scudder, 1877a: 746. Type species: Lithomyza condita Scudder, 1877, by monotypy.
condita Scudder, 1877a: 746. NE: USA (Eocene) [C].

Genus MEUNIERIA Kieffer

MEUNIERIA Kieffer in Meunier, 1904a: 89 [1904c: 78; Kieffer, 1904: 408]. Type species: Meunieria succini Felt, 1911, by subsequent designation of Felt (1911: 36).
succini Felt, 1911: 36. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus MIASTOR Meinert

*MIASTOR Meinert, 1864: 42. Type species: Miastor metraloas Meinert, 1864, by monotypy.
*metraloas Meinert, 1864: 42. PA: Denmark; Holarctic; PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
*hospes Winnertz, 1870: 6. PA: Germany; PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus MIKIOLA Kieffer

*MIKIOLA Kieffer, 1896: 5. Type species: Cecidomyia fagi Hartig, 1839, by original designation.
*fagi Hartig, 1839: 643 (Cecidomyia). PA: Germany; Europe, Asia, Japan; PA: France (Pliocene) [C].
pontiensis Villalta, 1957: 64. PA: Spain (Miocene) [T].


Genus MONARDIA Kieffer

*MONARDIA Kieffer, 1895f: 111. Type species: Monardia stirpium Kieffer, 1895, by original designation.
submonilifera Meunier, 1904a: 39 [1904c: 28]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/ Oligocene) [A].


Genus MONODICRANA Loew

MONODICRANA Loew, 1850b: 32. Type species: Monodicrana terminalis Loew, 1850, by monotypy.
terminalis Loew, 1850b: 32. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus NEOSTENOPTERA Meunier

*STENOPTERA Meunier, 1901b: 201. Type species: Stenoptera kiefferi Meunier, 1901, by monotypy. [Preoccupied by Duponchel, 1838.]
*NEOSTENOPTERA Meunier, 1902b: 102 (new replacement name for Stenoptera Meunier). Type species: Stenoptera kiefferi Meunier, 1901, automatic.
kiefferi Meunier, 1901b: 201 (Stenoptera). AF: Unknown (Holocene) [K].


Genus PALAEOCOLPODIA Meunier

PALAEOCOLPODIA Meunier, 1902b: 101. Nomen nudum.
PALAEOCOLPODIA Meunier, 1904a: 29 [1904c: 18]. Type species: Palaeocolpodia eocenica Meunier, 1904, by monotypy.
eocenica Meunier, 1904a: 29 [1904c: 18]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Genus PALAEOSPANIOCERA Meunier

PALAEOSPANIOCERA Meunier, 1901b: 192. Type species: Palaeospaniocera paleospaniocera Evenhuis, 1994, by original designation.
[Palaeospaniocera originally proposed without included species. The type designated is the first inclusion of a named species within the genus in accordance with the Code.]
paleospaniocera Evenhuis, 1994: 186. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
[Species-group name valid by bibliographic reference to characters given in Meunier (1901b: 192) for the genus Palaeospaniocera.]


Genus PEROMYIA Kieffer

*PEROMYIA Kieffer, 1894e: clxxv (1895d: clxxv). Type species: Peromyia leveillei Kieffer, 1894, by monotypy.
*JOANNISIA Kieffer, 1894e: clxxv (1895d: clxxv). Type species: Joannisia aurantiaca Kieffer, 1894, by subsequent designation of Coquillett (1910: 556). [Preoccupied by Monterosato, 1884.]
monilifera Loew, 1850b: 32 (Campylomyza). PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
moniliformis Meunier, 1899b: 161 (Campylomyza). Nomen nudum.


Genus PHYLLOCECIDUM Givulesçu

PHYLLOCECIDUM Givulesçu, 1984: 125. Type species: Phyllocecidum liquidambrus Givulesçu, 1984, by original designation.
liquidambrus Givulesçu, 1984: 125. PA: Romania (Pliocene) [T].


Genus PORRICONDYLA Rondani

*PORRICONDYLA Rondani, 1840b: 13 (as Cecidomyia subgenus). Type species: Cecidomyia albitarsis Meigen, 1830 [misidentification, = Cecidomyia nigripennis Meigen, 1830], by monotypy.
*EPIDOSIS Loew, 1850a: 21, 38 (as Cecidomyia subgenus). Type species: Cecidomyia fragilis Loew, 1850, by subsequent designation of Brunetti (1920: 17).
*DICRONEURUS Kieffer, 1895a: 122. Type species: Epidosis lineata Kieffer, 1894, by monotypy.
elegantula Meunier, 1904a: 33 [1904c: 22] (Epidosis). PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
gibbosa Meunier, 1904a: 33 [1904c: 22] (Epidosis). PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/ Oligocene) [A].
magnifica Meunier, 1904a: 32 [1904c: 21] (Epidosis). PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
minuta Meunier, 1904a: 34 [1904c: 23] (Epidosis). PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/ Oligocene) [A].
noduliformis Meunier, 1904a: 35 [1904c: 24] (Epidosis). PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
titana Meunier, 1904a: 35 [1904c: 24] (Epidosis). PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/ Oligocene) [A].


Genus RUBSAAMENIA Kieffer

*RUBSAAMENIA Kieffer, 1894b: 83 [1894f: 311 (as Ruebsaamenia)]. Type species: Rubsaamenia flava Kieffer, 1894, by monotypy.
Unidentified sp.-PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A] (Meunier, 1901b: 188).

Genus SEQUOIOMYIA Möhn

*SEQUOIOMYIA Möhn, 1960: 515. Type species: Sequoiomyia kraeuseli Möhn, 1960, by original designation.
kraeuseli Möhn, 1960: 515. PA: Germany (Miocene) [T].
*taxodii Felt, 1916: 415 (Retinodiplosis). NE: USA; NE: USA (Pleistocene) [T].


Genus THECODIPLOSIS Kieffer

*THECODIPLOSIS Kieffer, 1895b: cxciv. Type species: Cecidomyia brachyntera Schwägrichen, 1835, by original designation.
clarkiensis Lewis, Heikes & Lewis, 1990e: 4. NE: USA (Miocene) [C]. [Unavailable name; based on the work of an animal.]


Genus WALSHOMYIA Felt

*WALSHOMYIA Felt, 1908: 359. Type species: Walshomyia juniperina Felt, 1908, by original designation.
*cupressi Gagné, 1969: 19. NE: USA; NE: USA (Pleistocene) [T].


Genus WINNERTZIA Rondani

*WINNERTZIA Rondani, 1861a: 290. Type species: Cecidomyia lugubris Winnertz, 1853, by original designation.
*WINNERTZIOLA Kieffer, 1912b: 235. Type species: Winnertzia rubra Kieffer, 1894, by original designation.
affinis Meunier, 1904a: 38 [1904c: 27]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
burmitica Cockerell, 1917d: 42 (Winnertziola). OR: Myanmar (Miocene) [A]. New combination.
cylindrica Meunier, 1904a: 37 [1904c: 26]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
radiata Meunier, 1904a: 36 [1904c: 25]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].
separata Meunier, 1904a: 38 [1904c: 27]. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene) [A].


Unplaced Species of CECIDOMYIIDAE

chaneyi Cockerell, 1927b: 64 (Cecidomyia). NE: USA (Oligocene) [C].
*poculum Osten Sacken, 1862: 201 (Cecidomyia). NE: USA; NE: USA (Miocene) [T].

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