Mayetiola hordei

The barley stem gall midge, Mayetiola hordei, is a cereal pest in Tunisia, closely related to the Hessian fly.[1]

Mayetiola hordei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Cecidomyiidae
Genus:
Mayetiola
Species:
M. hordei
Binomial name
Mayetiola hordei
Kieffer, 1909

References
  1. Bouktila, Dhia; Mezghani, Maha; Marrakchi, Mohamed; Makni, Hanem (October 15, 2006). "Genetic variation and relatedness in Tunisian wheat midges of the genus Mayetiola (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), inferred from biological and molecular data". Acta Entomologica Sinica. 49 (5): 822–828. ISSN 0454-6296.
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