Daphnephila taiwanensis is a species of gall midges first associated with leaf galls on Lauraceae species, particularly Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan. Based on analysis on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, it has been suggested that in this genus, the stem-galling habit is a more ancestral state as opposed to the leaf-galling habit. This genus appears to have originated tropically and dispersed to Japan through Taiwan.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Daphnephila |
| Species: | D. taiwanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Daphnephila taiwanensis Tokuda, Yang & Yukawa, 2008
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References
edit- ^ Tokuda, Makoto; Yang, Man-Miao; Yukawa, Junichi (2008). "Taxonomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Daphnephila Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Complex Leaf Galls on Lauraceae, with Descriptions of Five New Species Associated with Machilus thunbergii in Taiwan". Zoological Science. 25 (5): 533–545. doi:10.2108/zsj.25.533. ISSN 0289-0003. PMID 18558807. S2CID 32370318.
Further reading
edit- Huang, Meng-Yuan; et al. (2011). "Chlorophyll fluorescence, spectral properties, and pigment composition of galls on leaves of Machilus thunbergii". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 172 (3): 323–329. doi:10.1086/658157. S2CID 84481534.
- "Differential contribution of antioxidants to antioxidative functions in galls evaluated by grey system theory." (2012).
- Huang, Meng-Yuan; et al. (2009). "Insect-induced cecidomyiid galls deficient in light-harvesting protein complex II showing normal grana stacking". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 12 (3): 165–168. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2009.03.001.
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