Liposthenes
| Liposthenes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Liposthenes Förster, 1869 |
Liposthenes is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. It forms galls on plants from the genus Glechoma.[1] There are at least two described species in Liposthenes.[2][3][4]
Species[edit]
These two species belong to the genus Liposthenes:
- Liposthenes glechomae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Liposthenes kerneri (Wachtl, 1891)
References[edit]
- ^ Nastasi, Louis F.; Buffington, Matthew L.; Davis, Charles K.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-03-25). "Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)". ZooKeys. 1196. Pensoft Publishers: 177–207. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10985401.
- ^ "Liposthenes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Liposthenes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Liposthenes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading[edit]
- Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Ronquist, Fredrik (1999). "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 28 (1–2): 139–164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x.
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