Actilasioptera coronata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Actilasioptera
- Species: Actilasioptera coronata
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Actilasioptera coronata exhibits the characteristic morphology of a gall-inducing midge.[1] The adult specimens display a delicate, slender body typical of the family Cecidomyiidae, with long, thin legs and wings that are proportionally large relative to the body size.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Actilasioptera coronata is a gall-inducing midge described from Queensland, Australia.[2] It is specifically associated with the grey mangrove, Avicennia marina, where it induces galls.[3] The genus Avicennia is recognized as a "superhost" for various gall-inducing arthropods within mangrove ecosystems.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Actilasioptera / coronata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Rita de Cássia Oliveira dos Santos; Marcus Emanuel Barroncas Fernandes; Marlucia Bonifacio. Are the Species of the Genus Avicennia L. (Acanthaceae) a “Superhost” Plants of Gall-Inducing Arthropods in Mangrove Forests?. InTech eBooks. 2013. https://doi.org/10.5772/55454.
- ↑ Actilasioptera coronata. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Actilasioptera%20coronata. Accessed 2026-07-14.