"God" must have had a inordinate fondness of gall midges, or Diptera at large. Less than 1% of the 98,472 BOLD (https://www.boldsystems.org) barcode BINs for Cecidomyiidae can be associated with a valid taxon name. >99% probably represent undescribed species. Mindblowing diversity 🤯
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-040124-014001
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-040124-014001
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