Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot, 1827)
(a gall midge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Feltiella acarisuga (a gall midge)
Tribe	Cecidomyiini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
Supertribe	Cecidomyiidi (a supertribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
Subfamily	CECIDOMYIINAE (a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges)
Family	CECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
Superfamily	SCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
Infraorder	Bibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
Suborder	NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Feltiella acarisuga is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kirby, M.	2005	Gorse Mites and their Predators	British Wildlife Vol 16 (5): 314-317.
	Osborne, R.S., Leppla, N.C. & Osborne, L.S.		Predatory Gall Midge (unofficial common name), Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot) (Insecta: Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures

Feltiella acarisuga (a gall midge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CECIDOMYIIDAE
(wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)

NEMATOCERA
(thread-horned flies, gnat)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Feltiella acarisuga (a gall midge)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Feltiella acarisuga (a gall midge)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Feltiella acarisuga is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)