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Genus of flies
Rhopalomyia is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family
Cecidomyiidae . There are at least 267
described species in Rhopalomyia .
[1] Most species in this genus induce
galls on plants in the
Asteraceae .
[1] This genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution.
[1] Rhopalomyia was first established by
Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen in 1892.
[1]
Rhopalomyia clarkei pupa
See also
References
Further reading
Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico . Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press.
ISBN
0-8493-0212-9 .
Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera".
Gagné, R.J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America . Cornell University Press.
ISBN
0-8014-1918-2 .
Gagné, R.J. (1994). The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region . Cornell University Press.
ISBN
0-8014-2786-X .
Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2021).
A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fifth Edition (PDF) . Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera . Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
ISBN
978-0660121253 .
Thompson, C.F.; Evenhuis, N.L., eds. (1998). "Biosystematic Database of World Diptera". Diptera Data Dissemination Disk . 1 . North American Dipterists Society c/o SEL, USDA.
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