''Antistrophus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

. 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 The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

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''

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, 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'' Gillette, 1891

References

Gall-inducing insects Hymenoptera genera Cynipidae Taxa described in 1869 {{apocrita-stub