Lipara lucens Meigen, 1830
(Cigar Gall - causative organism)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism)
GenusLipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)
FamilyCHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
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 Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism) :
1: Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism)
24 May 2016 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females emerged from over-wintered galls on Common Reed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - lateral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism)
7 Oct 2008 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Single larva in old Cigar Gall in Common Reed stem
Image 1: Gall - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Gall - leaves shaved away to show woody central core - close-upImage 3: Gall - white backgroundImage 4: Gall - woody central core after leaves shaved away - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Larva - in opened woody central core - enlarged

Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism)
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