Diastrophus

Diastrophus
Diastrophus nebulosus in raspberry gall
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Diastrophus Hartig, 1840
Synonyms [1]
Gonaspis Ashmead, 1897

Diastrophus nebulosus larvae in gall

Diastrophus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are at least 23 described species in Diastrophus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Species

The species in the genus Diastrophus include the following:

• Diastrophus brasiliensisOliveira & Melo, 2025 ^[7]
• Diastrophus colombianus Nieves-Aldrey, 2013 ( gall on Rubus glaucus )
• Diastrophus cuscutaeformis ^b (blackberry seed gall wasp)
• Diastrophus emeiensisHu, Nieves-Aldrey, Zhang & Fang ^[8]
• Diastrophus fragariae Beutenmuller, 1915
• Diastrophus japonicus Wachi et al, 2013
• Diastrophus kincaidii Gillette, 1893 ^b
• Diastrophus mayri Reinhard, 1876 ^g
• Diastrophus nebulosus ^b (blackberry knot gall wasp)
• Diastrophus potentillae Bassett, 1864 ^{i c g b}
• Diastrophus renai Davis & Nastasi, 2024 ^[5]
• Diastrophus rubi (Bouché, 1834) ^{i c g}
• Diastrophus turgidus Bassett, 1870 ^{i c g}
• Diastrophus wushei Davis & Nastasi, 2024 ^[5]

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

References

1. "Diastrophus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
2. "Browse Diastrophus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Diastrophus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
4. "Diastrophus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
5. Charles K. Davis; Louis F. Nastasi; Andrew R. Deans (27 November 2024). "Description of two new species of Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 from Taiwan, Diastrophus renai and D. wushei (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Diastrophini)". Zootaxa . 5541 (3): 367–374. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5541.3.7. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   39646139. Wikidata   Q131399343.
6. José Luis Nieves-Aldrey; Pedro A. Rodríguez; Enrique Medianero (1 November 2013). "Description of a New Species of Diastrophus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: "Aylacini") From Colombia: The First Herb Gall Wasp Native to the Neotropical Region". Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 106 (6): 719–728. doi:10.1603/AN13033. ISSN   0013-8746. Wikidata   Q104455974.
7. Oliveira, Allan G. C.; Melo, Gabriel a. R. (2025-08-29). "First record of Cynipidae in Brazil: A new species of gall wasp of the genus Diastrophus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Diastrophini)". Zootaxa. 5686 (4): 503–516. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.3. ISSN   1175-5334.
8. Fang, Zhiqiang; Hu, Wenqian; Nieves-Aldrey, José Luis; Mccormack, Koorosh; Tang, Chang-Ti; Zhu, Ying; Csóka, György; Hearn, Jack; Sinclair, Frazer H.; Mao, Kangshan; Stone, Graham N.; Zhang, Y. Miles (2025-09-19). "A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China" . Zootaxa. 5693 (4): 524–536. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.4. ISSN   1175-5334.

Further reading

• Schick, K.; Liu, Z.; Goldstein, P. (2003). "Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and macroevolution of host use among Diastrophus gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 105 (3): 715–732. ISSN   0013-8797.
• Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Ronquist, Fredrik (1999). "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 28 (1–2): 139–164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x. S2CID   86539477.