genus Mayetiola


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Noun1.genus Mayetiola - a genus of Cecidomyidaegenus Mayetiola - a genus of Cecidomyidae    
Mayetiola
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae - gall midges
Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor - small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
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In North Africa, the genus Mayetiola includes two phytophagous species, namely the Hessian fly Mayetiola destructor (Say, 1817) and the barley stem gall midge Mayetiola hordei (Kieffer, 1909) (Gagne et al.
Descripcion del kariotipo de Mayetiola hordei (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) de Tunez y comparacion con M. destructor

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