Biology:Rhopalomyia
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Short description: Genus of flies
| 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.[1] Most species in this genus induce galls on plants in the Asteraceae.[1] This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1] Rhopalomyia was first established by Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen in 1892.[1]
Rhopalomyia clarkei pupa
See also
References
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Charles, H. Curran (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera.
- 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. Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80420580/Gagne_Jaschhof_2021_World_Cat_5th_Ed.pdf.
- 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.
- "Biosystematic Database of World Diptera". Diptera Data Dissemination Disk (North American Dipterists Society c/o SEL, USDA) 1. 1998.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14543125 entry
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