Olpodiplosis is a monotypic genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The only described species is Olpodiplosis helianthi.[1][2]
| Olpodiplosis | |
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| Galls of Olpodiplosis helianthi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Supertribe: | Cecidomyiidi |
| Genus: | Olpodiplosis Gagne, 1973 |
| Species: | O. helianthi
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| Binomial name | |
| Olpodiplosis helianthi (Brodie, 1894)
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This species occurs in North America and induces flask-shaped galls on several species of sunflower.[1][2][3][4] The inducers over-winter in the galls, emerging as adults the following spring.[4]
The species was first described as Diplosis helianthi by entomologist William Brodie in 1894, but moved to Olpodiplosis by Raymond Gagné in 1973.[4][1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Raymond J. Gagné (16 July 1973). "A Generic Synopsis of the Nearctic Cecidomyiidi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 66 (4): 857–889. doi:10.1093/AESA/66.4.857. ISSN 0013-8746. Wikidata Q99655987.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Olpodiplosis helianthi". www.gallformers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ a b c Wm. Brodie (1894). "CANADIAN GALLS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS. DIPLOSIS HELIANTHI, N.S.". The Biological review of Ontario. 1: 44–46. Wikidata Q121423521.
Further reading edit
- Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-1918-8.
- 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.
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