Polystepha

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

Polystepha is a genus of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 20 described species in Polystepha.

Species

These 24 species belong to the genus Polystepha:

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

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• 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 (2017). "A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition" (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
• Mamaev, B.M. (1975). Evolution of Gall Forming Insects - Gall Midges. British Library Board. ISBN 0-85350-157-2.
• 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.

External links

• "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-20.