Smooth galls on Black Wattle Buds caused by the midge Asphondylia glabrigerminis

galls on Black Wattle Buds at Woodlands Historic Park — galls on Black Wattle Buds, caused by a midge.

These galls are probably caused by the midge Asphondylia glabrigerminis described in Kolesik et. al. (2010).

Classification

statistics from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Diptera - Flies, 8955 named species in Australia at Nov. 2021
Family CECIDOMYIIDAE (146 species in Australia)
Genus Asphondylia
Species Asphondylia glabrigerminis

References

P Kolesik, RJ Adair, G Eick (2010) Six new species of Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) damaging flower buds and fruit of Australian Acacia (Mimosaceae. Systematic Entomology volume 35 pages 250–267.