Polystepha
| Polystepha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Cecidomyiinae |
| Supertribe: | Asphondyliidi |
| Tribe: | Asphondyliini |
| Genus: | Polystepha Kieffer, 1897 |
Polystepha is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are more than 20 described species in Polystepha.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These 24 species belong to the genus Polystepha:
- Polystepha aceris (Felt, 1907)
- Polystepha americana (Felt, 1908)
- Polystepha canadensis (Felt, 1908)
- Polystepha caryae (Felt, 1908)
- Polystepha connecta (Felt, 1908)
- Polystepha cornifolia (Felt, 1907)
- Polystepha globosa (Felt, 1909)
- Polystepha lapalmae Möhn, 1960
- Polystepha malpighii (Kieffer, 1909)
- Polystepha multifila (Felt, 1907)
- Polystepha pilulae (Beutenmuller, 1892)
- Polystepha podagrae (Felt, 1909)
- Polystepha pustulata (Felt, 1909)
- Polystepha pustuloides (Beutenmuller, 1907)
- Polystepha quercifolia (Felt, 1908)
- Polystepha quercus Kieffer, 1897
- Polystepha rhoina (Felt, 1907)
- Polystepha rossica Mamaeva, 1981
- Polystepha salvadorensis Möhn, 1960
- Polystepha serrata (Felt, 1908)
- Polystepha simpla (Felt, 1909)
- Polystepha sobrina (Felt, 1907)
- Polystepha symmetrica (Osten Sacken, 1862)
- Polystepha transversa (Felt, 1907)
References
[edit]- ^ "Polystepha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Polystepha". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Polystepha genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Mamaev, B. M. (1975). Evolution of Gall Forming Insects - Gall Midges. British Library Board. ISBN 978-0-85350-157-2.
- Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-1918-8.
- Gagné, R. J. (1994). The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-2786-2.
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
- McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.
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