Lasiopteridi

The Lasiopteridi is a supertribe of flies from the family Cecidomyiidae. They are often called gall midges or gall gnats.

Lasiopteridi
The Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor: Oligotrophini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily:	Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe:	Lasiopteridi
Tribes
Brachineurini Lasiopterini Ledomyiini Oligotrophini

Rhopalomyia solidaginis, pupa and adult.

Dasineura salicifoliae larvae inside a gall.

Systematics

Lasiopteridi - tribes, and selected genera:

Brachineurini^[1]

• Brachineura Rondani, 1840
• Brachyneurina Mamaev, 1967
• Mikiola Kieffer, 1912
• Prolauthia Rübsaamen, 1915

Lasiopterini

• Baldratia Kieffer, 1897
• Hybolasioptera Rübsaamen, 1915
• Lasioptera Fischer von Waldheim\nMeigen, 1818
• Ozirhincus Rondani, 1840
• Stefaniella Kieffer, 1898

Ledomyiini

• Ledomyia Kieffer, 1895

Oligotrophini - selected genera

• Craneiobia Kieffer, 1913
• Cystiphora Kieffer, 1892
• Dasineura Rondani, 1840
• Iteomyia Kieffer, 1913
• Janetiella Kieffer, 1898
• Mayetiola Kieffer, 1896
• Oligotrophus Latreille, 1805
• Rabdophaga Westwood, 1847
• Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen, 1892
• Sackenomyia Felt, 1908