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''Rhopalomyia'' is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 267 described species in ''Rhopalomyia''. Most species in this genus 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 plants in the Asteraceae. This genus has a cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
distribution. Rhopalomyia was first established by Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen
Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen (20 May 1857, Haardt – 17 March 1919, Metternich) was a German teacher, artist, and amateur entomologist who studied gall forming insects, especially the gall midges (Cecidomyiidae), and worked on pest control in grapes, ...
in 1892.
See also
*List of Rhopalomyia species This is a list of 223 species in the genus '' Rhopalomyia''.
''Rhopalomyia'' species
References
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References
Further reading
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* * Cecidomyiinae Cecidomyiidae genera {{Sciaroidea-stub Gall-inducing insects Taxa described in 1892 Taxa named by Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen