| Liposthenes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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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. There are at least two described species in Liposthenes.
Species
These two species belong to the genus Liposthenes:
- Liposthenes glechomae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Liposthenes kerneri (Wachtl, 1891)
References
- 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. PMID 38566620.
- "Liposthenes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Liposthenes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Liposthenes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
- 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.
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