Diplolepididae

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Diplolepididae
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Diplolepis rosae gall
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Cynipoidea
Family: Diplolepididae
Latreille, 1802
Genera

Diplolepididae is a family of small gall-inducing wasps. Until recently these wasps were included in the gall wasp family (Cynipidae) but were moved to their own family based on genetic and morphological features. [1] [2] It contains two subfamilies: Diplolepidinae and Pediaspidinae. [2]

Diplolepidinae includes about 60 species in two genera (Diplolepis and Liebelia ), all of which induce galls on roses in which the larvae live and feed. [2] [3] [4] This subfamily was formerly included in Cynipidae as the tribe Diplolepidini. [2]

Pediaspidinae is composed of two monotypic genera: Himalocynips and Pediaspis . [2] The biology of this subfamily is poorly known, though Pediaspis aceris induces galls on a species of maple. [2] This subfamily was formerly included in Cynipidae as the tribe Pediaspini. [2]

References

  1. Bonnie B. Blaimer; Dietrich Gotzek; Seán G. Brady; Matthew L Buffington (23 November 2020). "Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses re-write the evolution of parasitism within cynipoid wasps". BMC Evolutionary Biology . 20 (1): 155. doi: 10.1186/S12862-020-01716-2 . ISSN   1471-2148. PMID   33228574. Wikidata   Q102333857.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jack Hearn; Erik Gobbo; José Luis Nieves-Aldrey; et al. (3 October 2023). "Phylogenomic analysis of protein-coding genes resolves complex gall wasp relationships". Systematic Entomology . doi:10.1111/SYEN.12611. ISSN   0307-6970. Wikidata   Q123440111.
  3. Fredrik Ronquist; José Luis Nieves-Aldrey; Matthew L Buffington; Zhiwei Liu; Johan Liljeblad; Johan A A Nylander (2015). "Phylogeny, evolution and classification of gall wasps: the plot thickens". PLOS One . 10 (5): e0123301. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1023301R. doi: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0123301 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4439057 . PMID   25993346. Wikidata   Q28647214.
  4. Y. Miles Zhang; Matthew L. Buffington; Chris Looney; Zoltán László; Joseph D. Shorthouse; Tatsuya Ide; Andrea Lucky (29 August 2020). "UCE data reveal multiple origins of rose gallers in North America: Global phylogeny of Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 153: 106949. doi:10.1016/J.YMPEV.2020.106949. ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   32866614. Wikidata   Q99634248.