| Rhopalomyia | |
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| Rhopalomyia solidaginis, pupa and emerging adult | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Tribe: | Oligotrophini |
| Genus: | Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen, 1892 |
Rhopalomyia is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 267 described species in Rhopalomyia. Most species in this genus induce galls on plants in the Asteraceae. This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Rhopalomyia was first established by Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen in 1892.
See also
References
- ^ R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Gagné, R.J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-1918-2.
- Gagné, R.J. (1994). The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-2786-X.
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fifth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
- McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
- Thompson, C.F.; Evenhuis, N.L., eds. (1998). "Biosystematic Database of World Diptera". Diptera Data Dissemination Disk. 1. North American Dipterists Society c/o SEL, USDA.
External links
Media related to Rhopalomyia at Wikimedia Commons
- "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-03-03.
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