Aprionus is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 137 described species in Aprionus.[1] The genus was established by Jean-Jacques Kieffer in 1894.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Micromyinae |
| Tribe: | Aprionini |
| Genus: | Aprionus Kieffer, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| Aprionus spiniger Kieffer, 1894
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
- Thompson, C.F.; Evenhuis, N.L., eds. (1998). "Biosystematic Database of World Diptera". Diptera Data Dissemination Disk. 1. North American Dipterists Society c/o SEL, USDA.
External links
edit- "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-29.
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