Clinodiplosis Kieffer 1894

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Main Authors: Fjellberg, Arne, Fedotova, Zoya
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author Fjellberg, Arne
Fedotova, Zoya
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Fedotova, Zoya
contents <p><b>Genus <i>Clinodiplosis</i> Kieffer, 1894</b></p><p>This large, cosmopolitan genus comprising 109 species contains both gall makers, mycophages, saprivores and some predators. Many <i>Clinodiplosis</i> species have been described from Europe, but Skuhravá (1973) synonymized most of these under the name <i>Clinodiplosis cilicrus</i> (Kieffer, 1889). Currently, only 13 species are recognized from Europe (Gagné & Jaschhof 2021), and many of these have dubious status. <i>Clinodiplosis cilicrus</i> in the current understanding is a widely distributed generalist which feeds on many sorts of decaying organic matter. It can be found in many different situations, such as wilting flowers, rotting nut shells and the vacated galls of other insects. According to Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012), the species may also infect living plant tissue, causing it to die and to start decaying. We have collected <i>Clinodiplosis</i> from a range of different flowers (mostly of Asteraceae) and from various galls of other midges. Most of this material awaits examination, but DNA barcoding of ten specimens collected from the flowers of seven different plant species resulted in four distinct barcode clusters, indicating that there may yet be a complex of species hiding under the name <i>cilicrus</i>.</p>
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spellingShingle Clinodiplosis Kieffer 1894
Fjellberg, Arne
Fedotova, Zoya
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Clinodiplosis
<p><b>Genus <i>Clinodiplosis</i> Kieffer, 1894</b></p><p>This large, cosmopolitan genus comprising 109 species contains both gall makers, mycophages, saprivores and some predators. Many <i>Clinodiplosis</i> species have been described from Europe, but Skuhravá (1973) synonymized most of these under the name <i>Clinodiplosis cilicrus</i> (Kieffer, 1889). Currently, only 13 species are recognized from Europe (Gagné & Jaschhof 2021), and many of these have dubious status. <i>Clinodiplosis cilicrus</i> in the current understanding is a widely distributed generalist which feeds on many sorts of decaying organic matter. It can be found in many different situations, such as wilting flowers, rotting nut shells and the vacated galls of other insects. According to Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012), the species may also infect living plant tissue, causing it to die and to start decaying. We have collected <i>Clinodiplosis</i> from a range of different flowers (mostly of Asteraceae) and from various galls of other midges. Most of this material awaits examination, but DNA barcoding of ten specimens collected from the flowers of seven different plant species resulted in four distinct barcode clusters, indicating that there may yet be a complex of species hiding under the name <i>cilicrus</i>.</p>
title Clinodiplosis Kieffer 1894
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Clinodiplosis
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16038151