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Massalongia

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Massalongia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Genus: Massalongia
Kieffer, 1890

Massalongia is a genus of flies in the family Cecidomyiidae. The larvae induce galls on birches.[1][2]

Species

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The following six species have been described in this genus:[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Ayman Khamis Elsayed; Marcela Skuhravá; Kazuki Ohta; Satoshi Yoshida; Makoto Tokuda (11 August 2020). "Revision of the birch-associated genus Massalongia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), with description of a new species from Japan and a taxonomic key to worldwide species". ZooKeys. 958: 1–27. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.958.54300. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 7434807. PMID 32863715. Wikidata Q99629732.