Polystepha

Polystepha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily:	Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe:	Asphondyliidi
Tribe:	Asphondyliini
Genus:	Polystepha Kieffer, 1897

Polystepha is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are more than 20 described species in Polystepha. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Polystepha:

• Polystepha aceris (Felt, 1907)
• Polystepha americana (Felt, 1908)
• Polystepha canadensis (Felt, 1908)
• Polystepha caryae (Felt, 1908)
• Polystepha connecta (Felt, 1908)
• Polystepha cornifolia (Felt, 1907)
• Polystepha globosa (Felt, 1909)
• Polystepha lapalmae Möhn, 1960
• Polystepha malpighii (Kieffer, 1909)
• Polystepha multifila (Felt, 1907)
• Polystepha pilulae (Beutenmuller, 1892)
• Polystepha podagrae (Felt, 1909)
• Polystepha pustulata (Felt, 1909)
• Polystepha pustuloides (Beutenmuller, 1907)
• Polystepha quercifolia (Felt, 1908)
• Polystepha quercus Kieffer, 1897
• Polystepha rhoina (Felt, 1907)
• Polystepha rossica Mamaeva, 1981
• Polystepha salvadorensis Möhn, 1960
• Polystepha serrata (Felt, 1908)
• Polystepha simpla (Felt, 1909)
• Polystepha sobrina (Felt, 1907)
• Polystepha symmetrica (Osten Sacken, 1862)
• Polystepha transversa (Felt, 1907)

References

1. "Polystepha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Polystepha". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Polystepha genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Mamaev, B. M. (1975). Evolution of Gall Forming Insects - Gall Midges. British Library Board. ISBN   978-0-85350-157-2.
• 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2018.
• 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2014.