| Olpodiplosis | |
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| Galls of Olpodiplosis helianthi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Supertribe: | Cecidomyiidi |
| Genus: | Olpodiplosis Gagne, 1973 |
| Species: | O. helianthi |
| Binomial name | |
| Olpodiplosis helianthi (Brodie, 1894) | |
Olpodiplosis is a monotypic genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The only described species is Olpodiplosis helianthi.
This species occurs in North America and induces flask-shaped galls on several species of sunflower. The inducers over-winter in the galls, emerging as adults the following spring.
The species was first described as Diplosis helianthi by entomologist William Brodie in 1894, but moved to Olpodiplosis by Raymond Gagné in 1973.
References
- ^ Raymond J. Gagné (16 July 1973). "A Generic Synopsis of the Nearctic Cecidomyiidi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 66 (4): 857–889. doi:10.1093/AESA/66.4.857. ISSN 0013-8746. Wikidata Q99655987.
- ^ R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
- "Olpodiplosis helianthi". www.gallformers.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ Wm. Brodie (1894). "CANADIAN GALLS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS. DIPLOSIS HELIANTHI, N.S.". The Biological review of Ontario. 1: 44–46. Wikidata Q121423521.
Further reading
- Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-1918-8.
- 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.
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| Olpodiplosis | |
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