The Chenopodiaceae-feeding gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of the Na’aman salt marsh, Israel Author Dorchin, Netta Author Freidberg, Amnon text Zootaxa 2008 1937 1 22 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.184984 646cfc6f-1d9a-48af-9994-51efa351d71b 1175-5326 184984 Genus Houardiella Kieffer, 1912 Houardiella comprises two described species in the tribe Asphondyliini ( Gagné 2004 ) . It is closely related to the genus Asphondylia , with its needle-like, piercing ovipositor that is accompanied by a pair of basal lobes at its base, and the progressively shorter flagellomeres in the female. It differs from Asphondylia in having onesegmented (as opposed to three-segmented) palpi, a single tooth rather than two teeth on the male gonostylus, and an apical, posterior extension of the gonocoxite. Immature stages resemble those of Asphondylia , with well developed cephalic horns and abdominal spines in pupae, and a massive spatula in larvae.