Olpodiplosis

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Olpodiplosis
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Galls of Olpodiplosis helianthi
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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)

Olpodiplosis is a monotypic genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The only described species is Olpodiplosis helianthi . [1] [2]

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

The species was first described as Diplosis helianthi by entomologist William Brodie in 1894, but moved to Olpodiplosis by Raymond Gagné in 1973. [4] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. "Olpodiplosis helianthi". www.gallformers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  4. 1 2 3 Wm. Brodie (1894). "CANADIAN GALLS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS. DIPLOSIS HELIANTHI, N.S.". The Biological review of Ontario. 1: 44–46. Wikidata   Q121423521.

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