Acacidiplosis is a Cedidomyiine genus of 13 species,
page 174: https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80420580/Gagne_Jaschhof_2021_World_Cat_5th_Ed.pdf
all described and illustrated by Gagné 1993 from Kenya, inducing galls on Vachellia tortilis.
https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/24725/24056
Several undescribed species are known from galls in South Africa, inducing galls on inflorescences of Vachellia tortilis or on nodes of Vachellia karroo, V. tortillis, V. gerrardi and V. exuvialis
These species are described and given common names in:
Adair, R. 2004. Seed-reducing Cecidomyiidae as potential biological control agents for invasive Australian wattles in South Africa, particularly Acacia mearnsii and A. cyclops. University of Cape Town
https://open.uct.ac.za/items/45d2b3ee-d5a3-40af-8b73-4915f6e4fc0e
Larvae: Sternal spatula reduced to broad, quadrate, short, shaft, with 1 or 2 narrow terminal teeth.
Description of adult detailled in Gagne 1993.
iNat observ ations from Botswana:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101812470
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144023550
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193768281
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102972204
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