Dasineura pteridis (Müller, 1871)
(Little Black Pudding Gall-midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDasineura pteridis (Little Black Pudding Gall-midge)
GenusDasineura (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 Dasineura pteridis (Little Black Pudding Gall-midge) :
1: Dasineura pteridis (Little Black Pudding Gall-midge)
3 Aug 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Galls on Bracken
Image 1: Galled pinna - uppersideImage 2: Galled pinna - undersideImage 3: Galled pinnule - magnifiedImage 4: Galled pinnules - magnifiedImage 5: Galled pinnules - underside - magnifiedImage 6: Galled pinnule - upperside - magnifiedImage 7: Galled pinnule - upperside - magnified (2)

Dasineura pteridis (Little Black Pudding Gall-midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dasineura pteridis (Little Black Pudding Gall-midge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dasineura pteridis (Little Black Pudding Gall-midge)
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