Polystepha

Polystepha is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are more than 20 described species in Polystepha.[1][2][3]

Polystepha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Tribe: Asphondyliini
Genus: Polystepha
Kieffer, 1897

Species

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
  1. "Polystepha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Polystepha". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading
  • 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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