Antistrophus
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| Antistrophus | |
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| Antistrophus minor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Antistrophus Walsh, 1869 |
Antistrophus is a genus of about 10 species of gall wasps.[1][2] The genus is only known from the Nearctic.[1] Species of Antistrophus induce galls on plant species in four Asteraceae genera: Silphium, Lygodesmia, Chrysothamnus, and Microseris.[1][3][4][5][6]
The genus was first named and described by Benjamin Walsh in 1869.[1][2]
This genus includes the following species:[1][2]
- Antistrophus bicolor Gillette, 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 McCracken and Egbert, 1922
- Antistrophus rufus Gillette, 1891
- Antistrophus silphii Gillette, 1891
