''Antistrophus'' is a
genus of about 10 species of
gall wasps
Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this genera ...
.
[Poole, R.W. & P. Gentili, 1996. Hymenoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Trichoptera. ''Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America.'' Vol 2. ] The genus is only known from the
Nearctic.
Species of ''Antistrophus'' induce
galls
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
on plant species in four
Asteraceae genera: ''
Silphium,'' ''
Lygodesmia,
Chrysothamnus
''Chrysothamnus'', known as rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa, are a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. The native distribution is in the arid western United States, Canada, and northern Mexico. It is known for its bright white or yell ...
,'' and ''
Microseris'' .
The genus was first named and described by
Benjamin Walsh in 1869.
This genus includes the following species:
* ''
Antistrophus bicolor''
Gillette
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Based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, it was owned by The Gil ...
, 1891
* ''
Antistrophus chrysothamni''
Beutenmuller, 1908
* ''
Antistrophus jeanae''
Tooker and Hanks, 2004
* ''
Antistrophus laciniatus''
Gillette, 1891
* ''
Antistrophus lygodesmiaepisum''
Walsh, 1869
* ''
Antistrophus meganae''
Tooker and Hanks, 2004
* ''
Antistrophus minor''
Gillette, 1891
* ''
Antistrophus microseris''
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and Egbert, 1922
* ''
Antistrophus rufus''
Gillette, 1891
* ''
Antistrophus silphii
''Antistrophus'' is a genus of about 10 species of gall wasps.Poole, R.W. & P. Gentili, 1996. Hymenoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Trichoptera. ''Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America.'' ...
''
Gillette, 1891
References
Gall-inducing insects
Hymenoptera genera
Cynipidae
Taxa described in 1869
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