Taxomyia taxi (Inchbald, 1861)
(Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTaxomyia taxi (Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall)
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 Taxomyia taxi (Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall) :
1: Taxomyia taxi (Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall)
7 Mar 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Yew
Image 1: LSImage 2: Top viewImage 3: Top view - close-upImage 4: Underside - close-up

Taxomyia taxi (Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Taxomyia taxi (Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Taxomyia taxi (Yew Gall Midge, Yew Artichoke Gall)
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