Cystiphora sonchi (Vallot, 1827)
(a gall midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCystiphora sonchi (a gall midge)
GenusCystiphora (a genus of gall midges)
TribeOligotrophini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SupertribeLasiopteridi (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)
Records of Cystiphora sonchi (a gall midge) :
1: Cystiphora sonchi (a gall midge)
28 Jun 2008 OSGR: TA27 54° 10’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Deep purple galls on leaves of Field Sow-thistle
Image 1: Galled leaves - white backgroundImage 2: Gall - old - under surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Galls - leaf top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Galls - leaf top surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Galls - leaf under surface - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Galls - leaf under surface - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Galls - leaf under surface - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 8: Galls - leaf under surface - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 9: Galls - young - leaf top surface - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 11: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnified (2)Image 12: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnified (3)Image 13: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnified (4)Image 14: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnified (5)Image 15: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnified (6)Image 16: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnified (7)Image 17: Gall - top surface - close-up - magnified (8)Image 18: Gall - under surface - close-up - magnifiedImage 19: Gall - under surface - close-up - magnified (2)Image 20: Gall - under surface - close-up - magnified (3)Image 21: Gall - under surface - close-up - magnified (4)Image 22: Gall - under surface - close-up - magnified (5)Image 23: Gall - under surface - close-up - magnified (6)Image 24: Gall - under surface - close-up - magnified (7)Image 25: Larva - close-up - magnifiedImage 26: Larva - dorso-lateral - magnifiedImage 27: Larva - front three-quarter view - close-up - magnifiedImage 28: Larva - front three-quarter view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 29: Larva leaving gall/mine - close-up - magnifiedImage 30: Larva leaving gall/mine - close-up - magnified (2)Image 31: Larva leaving gall/mine - close-up - magnified (3)Image 32: Larva leaving gall/mine - close-up - magnified (4)Image 33: Larva - upside down - lateral view - close-up - magnified

Cystiphora sonchi (a gall midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cystiphora sonchi (a gall midge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cystiphora sonchi (a gall midge)
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