Actilasioptera falcaria
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 falcaria
Visual Description
Actilasioptera falcaria is a gall-inducing midge. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult specimens exhibit a delicate, slender body typical of many cecidomyiids, with long, thin legs and elongated antennae.[1] The wings are generally transparent with fine venation patterns.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Actilasioptera falcaria is a gall-inducing midge associated with Avicennia species (Acanthaceae) in mangrove ecosystems.[2] It has been recorded inducing galls on Avicennia marina and Avicennia officinalis, and has been documented in mangrove forests such as those in Pichavaram on the southeastern coast of India.[2]
Taxonomic History
The species was originally described by E.P. Felt in 1921 as Stefaniella falcaria.[3] It was subsequently transferred to the genus Actilasioptera by Gagné and Law in 1998 following a review of material from Java.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Actilasioptera / falcaria constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 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 falcaria (Felt, 1921). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1591807. Accessed 2026-07-14.