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Hickory Midge Galls
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NOTE: this guide is still functional but its content has been transferred to https://www.gallformers.org/id?hostOrTaxon=Carya&type=genus&detachable=&alignment=&cells=&color=&locations=&season=&shape=&textures=&walls= along with additional sources and images. Future updates will be made there, not here.
A key to all of the galls formed by Cecidomyiidae midges on Carya species trees in North America. Adapted from
THE GALL MIDGES (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) OF HICKORIES (JUGLANDACEAE: CARYA)
By Raymond J. Gagne.
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- All 62
- Carya
- aquatica 7
- cordiformis 12
- floridana 58
- glabra 57
- illinoiensis 8
- laciniosa 57
- myristiciformis 57
- ovata 57
- pallida 57
- palmeri 7
- texana 57
- tomentosa 57
- Detachable
- no 10
- yes 57
- Location
- between veins 41
- fruit 1
- leaf midrib 26
- leaf veins (including midrib) 24
- lower leaf 58
- petiole 2
- upper leaf 11
- Texture
- areola 7
- bumpy 5
- glaucous 1
- hairless 33
- hairy 32
- resinous dots 4
- sticky 8
- waxy 6
- Alignment
- erect 52
- integral 5
- leaning 9
- supine 8
- Walls
- false chamber 6
- thick 29
- thin 46
Edited by Adam Kranz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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