Meunieriella on-smilax
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Meunieriella
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, white, tan
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Season: Summer, Fall
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Location: between leaf veins
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Gallformers ID Notes
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These flat, circular galls are found on the leaf lamina of various Smilax species, including S bona-nox and rotundifolia. Gall midges of the genus Meunieriella have been reared from them. Outside of the southern tip of Florida, where black mangroves occur, these seem to be the only members of the genus found in North America, and most observations in the genus on iNaturalist belong here. It is also listed on Bugguide.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value on-smilax on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
