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Genus of flies
Polystepha is a genus of
gall midges in the family
Cecidomyiidae. There are more than 20 described species in Polystepha.
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Species
These 24 species belong to the genus Polystepha:
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Polystepha aceris (Felt, 1907)
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Polystepha americana (Felt, 1908)
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Polystepha canadensis (Felt, 1908)
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Polystepha caryae (Felt, 1908)
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Polystepha connecta (Felt, 1908)
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Polystepha cornifolia (Felt, 1907)
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Polystepha globosa (Felt, 1909)
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Polystepha lapalmae Möhn, 1960
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Polystepha malpighii (Kieffer, 1909)
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Polystepha multifila (Felt, 1907)
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Polystepha pilulae (Beutenmuller, 1892)
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Polystepha podagrae (Felt, 1909)
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Polystepha pustulata (Felt, 1909)
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Polystepha pustuloides (Beutenmuller, 1907)
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Polystepha quercifolia (Felt, 1908)
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Polystepha quercus Kieffer, 1897
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Polystepha rhoina (Felt, 1907)
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Polystepha rossica Mamaeva, 1981
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Polystepha salvadorensis Möhn, 1960
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Polystepha serrata (Felt, 1908)
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Polystepha simpla (Felt, 1909)
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Polystepha sobrina (Felt, 1907)
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Polystepha symmetrica (Osten Sacken, 1862)
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Polystepha transversa (Felt, 1907)
References
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.
- 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.