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Liposthenes

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Liposthenes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Liposthenes
Förster, 1869

Liposthenes is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. It forms galls on plants from the genus Glechoma.[1] There are at least two described species in Liposthenes.[2][3][4]

Species

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These two species belong to the genus Liposthenes:

References

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  1. ^ Nastasi, Louis F.; Buffington, Matthew L.; Davis, Charles K.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-03-25). "Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)". ZooKeys. 1196. Pensoft Publishers: 177–207. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10985401.
  2. ^ "Liposthenes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Liposthenes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

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  • Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • Ronquist, Fredrik (1999). "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 28 (1–2): 139–164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x.