| Diastrophini | |
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| A male Periclistus brandtii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
| Tribe: | Diastrophini |
| Genera | |
| Diversity | |
| 25 species [1] | |
Diastrophini is a tribe of gall wasps in the subfamily Cynipinae. [2] It was established in 2015 by Fredrik Ronquist et al. [3] Species in this tribe are associated with host plants in the rose family. [4]
The following genera are generally accepted within Diastrophini: [5]
The genera Diastrophus and Xestophanes are gall-inducers, while the genera Perclistus and Synophromorpha are inquillines, making use of galls left behind by other wasps. [4] Xestophanes induces galls on Potentilla , while Synophromorpha inquilines in Diastrophus galls on Rubus bushes. [2]
Diastrophini genera are distributed throughout the holarctic realm, with some species transgressing into the neotropical. [4]
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