Antistrophus
| Antistrophus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Antistrophus Walsh, 1869 |
Antistrophus is a genus of about 10 species of gall wasps.[1][2] The genus is only known from the Nearctic.[1] Species of Antistrophus induce galls on plant species in four Asteraceae genera: Silphium, Lygodesmia, Chrysothamnus, and Microseris .[1][3][4][5][6]
The genus was first named and described by Benjamin Walsh in 1869.[1][2]
This genus includes the following species:[1][2]
- Antistrophus bicolor Gillette, 1891
- Antistrophus chrysothamni Beutenmuller, 1908
- Antistrophus jeanae Tooker and Hanks, 2004
- Antistrophus laciniatus Gillette, 1891
- Antistrophus lygodesmiaepisum Walsh, 1869
- Antistrophus meganae Tooker and Hanks, 2004
- Antistrophus minor Gillette, 1891
- Antistrophus microseris McCracken and Egbert, 1922
- Antistrophus rufus Gillette, 1891
- Antistrophus silphii Gillette, 1891
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Tooker, John F.; Deans, Andrew R.; Hanks, Lawrence M. (2004). "Description of the Antistrophus rufus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) species complex, including two new species" (PDF). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 13: 125–133.
- ^ a b c Poole, R.W. & P. Gentili, 1996. Hymenoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Trichoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol 2. ISBN 1-889002-02-X
- ^ Weld, Lewis Hart. (1959) Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Ann Arbor, Mich.
- ^ Brandhors, Carl Theodore (1964). "Notes on Antistrophus pisum (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Three Types of Galls Induced by it on Lygodesmia juncea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 57 (1): 74–77. doi:10.1093/aesa/57.1.74. ISSN 1938-2901.
- ^ Beutenmuller, William (1908). "A new Cynipid from Arizona". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 16: 45.
- ^ McCracken, Isabel; Egbert, Dorothy (1922). "California gall-making Cynipidae, with descriptions of new species". Stanford University Publications, University Series, Biological Sciences. 3 (1): 5–70.
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