Rabdophaga

Rabdophaga is genus of flies in the family of gall midges Cecidomyiidae. There are 105 species distributed through Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.[1] Most species of Rabdophaga gall willows (Salix sp.); one exception is R. giraudiana which galls the stems of poplars (Populus sp.).[2]

Rabdophaga
Rabdophaga salicis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe: Lasiopteridi
Tribe: Oligotrophini
Genus: Rabdophaga
(Westwood 1847)
Synonyms

Rhabdophaga

Species

[2][3][4][5]

Previous species

References

  1. "Taxonomy for Rabdophaga". insectoid.info. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978 185153 284 1.
  3. "Rabdophaga". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. Ellis, W N. "Rhadophaga". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. "Rabdophaga Westwood, 1847". PESI portal. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga degeerii (Bremi, 1847)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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