Lygocecis porterae

Host: a willow

Salix
Swollen twigs
Internodal twig swelling without foreshortening the stem
Twig swelling tapered, woody, sometimes barely noticeable

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L packardi, L porterae, and two other, undescribed species of Lygocecis in the USNM, were reared from enlarged willow stems. These species have sawlike ovipositors evidently used to insert their eggs into willow shoots.

Range: New Mexico

from twig gall on willow, I-31-1904, near Las Vegas, New Mexico

Sackenomyia porterae

Slender twigs slightly enlarged

Sackenomyia porterae

Salix [Salix exigua added as a placeholder]
Twig galls

Slightly enlarged or slender twigs, midges. A somewhat long series has been reared. They can be identified only by rearing and studying the insects.