Olpodiplosis

Olpodiplosis
Galls of Olpodiplosis helianthi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe:	Cecidomyiidi
Genus:	Olpodiplosis Gagne, 1973
Species:	O. helianthi
Binomial name
Olpodiplosis helianthi (Brodie, 1894) [1]

Olpodiplosis is a monotypic genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The only described species is Olpodiplosis helianthi . ^{[2] [3]}

This species occurs in North America and induces flask-shaped galls on several species of sunflower. ^{[2] [3] [4] [1]} The inducers over-winter in the galls, emerging as adults the following spring. ^[1]

The species was first described as Diplosis helianthi by entomologist William Brodie in 1894, but moved to Olpodiplosis by Raymond Gagné in 1973. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Wm. Brodie (1894). "Canadian galls and their occupantss. Diplosis helianthi, n.s." The Biological review of Ontario. 1: 44–46. Wikidata   Q121423521.
2. Raymond J. Gagné (16 July 1973). "A Generic Synopsis of the Nearctic Cecidomyiidi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 66 (4): 857–889. doi:10.1093/AESA/66.4.857. ISSN   0013-8746. Wikidata   Q99655987.
3. R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN   978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata   Q109561625.
4. "Olpodiplosis helianthi". www.gallformers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

Further reading

• Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-1918-8.
• 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.