Biology:Olpodiplosis
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Olpodiplosis | |
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| File:Olpodiplosis helianthi.jpg | |
| Galls of Olpodiplosis helianthi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Supertribe: | Cecidomyiidi |
| Genus: | Olpodiplosis Gagne, 1973 |
| Species: | O. helianthi
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| Binomial name | |
| Olpodiplosis helianthi (Brodie, 1894)
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Olpodiplosis is a monotypic genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The only described species is Olpodiplosis helianthi.[1][2]
This species occurs in North America and induces flask-shaped galls on several species of sunflower.[1][2][3][4] The inducers over-winter in the galls, emerging as adults the following spring.[4]
The species was first described as Diplosis helianthi by entomologist William Brodie in 1894, but moved to Olpodiplosis by Raymond Gagné in 1973.[4][1]
References
Further reading
- Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-1918-8.
- Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 1981. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8. http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.817747/publication.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q18108214 entry
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