Paradiplosis

Paradiplosis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily:	Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe:	Cecidomyiidi
Tribe:	Cecidomyiini
Genus:	Paradiplosis Felt, 1908

Paradiplosis is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least four described species in Paradiplosis. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These four species belong to the genus Paradiplosis:

• Paradiplosis abietispectinatae (Tubeuf, 1930) ^{c g}
• Paradiplosis manii (Inouye, 1959) ^{c g}
• Paradiplosis obesa (Felt, 1907) ^{i c g}
• Paradiplosis tumifex Gagne, 1978 ^{i c g b} (balsam gall midge)

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

References

1. "Paradiplosis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
2. "Browse Paradiplosis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
3. "Paradiplosis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
4. "Paradiplosis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

Further reading

• Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-1918-8.
• Gagné, R. J. (1994). The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-2786-2.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
• 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.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.