Aprionus longicollis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Aprionus
- Species: Aprionus longicollis
Visual Description
The species Aprionus longicollis is a member of the family Cecidomyiidae, commonly known as gall midges. As with other members of the genus Aprionus, individuals are small, delicate flies. While specific morphological traits are difficult to resolve from available digital records, the genus is generally characterized by features typical of the subfamily Lestremiinae, including specific wing venation patterns and antennal structures.[1]
Distribution and Classification
Aprionus longicollis was described by the entomologist B.M. Mamaev in 1963.[2] It is an accepted species within the genus Aprionus.[3] Taxonomic information for this species is documented in regional studies, such as those covering the wood midges of Fennoscandia and Denmark.[3] Genetic data for Aprionus longicollis is available through public nucleotide databases.[4]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Aprionus / longicollis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aprionus longicollis Mamaev 1963 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/03E6B909FFCEFFB2DFB8F8CC899E24DD. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Aprionus longicollis Mamaev, 1963. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1596948. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Aprionus longicollis. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid2890441[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-14.