Cystiphora

Cystiphora
Leaf galls caused by Cystiphora canadensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe:	Lasiopteridi
Genus:	Cystiphora Kieffer, 1892

Cystiphora is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about seven described species in the genus Cystiphora. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Cystiphora:

• Cystiphora canadensis Felt, 1913 ^{i c g}
• Cystiphora leontodontis (Bremi, 1847) ^{c g}
• Cystiphora sanguinea (Bremi, 1847) ^{c g}
• Cystiphora schmidti (Rübsaamen, 1914) ^{i c g b} (rush skeletonweed gall midge)
• Cystiphora scorzonerae Kieffer, 1909 ^{c g}
• Cystiphora sonchi (Bremi, 1847) ^{i c g b}
• Cystiphora taraxaci (Kieffer, 1888) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Cystiphora Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
2. "Browse Cystiphora". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
3. "Cystiphora". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
4. "Cystiphora Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

Further reading

• 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.