Rhopalomyia Explained
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 on plants in the Asteraceae. This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Rhopalomyia was first established by Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen in 1892.
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Further reading
- Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
- Charles . H. Curran. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera.
- Book: Gagné . R.J.. 1989. The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. 0-8014-1918-2.
- Book: Gagné . R.J.. 1994. The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. Cornell University Press. 0-8014-2786-X.
- Book: Gagné . Raymond J.. Jaschhof . Mathias. 2021. A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fifth Edition. Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
- Book: McAlpine . J.F.. Petersen . B.V.. Shewell . G.E.. Teskey . H.J.. Vockeroth . J.R.. Wood . D.M.. 4. 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. 978-0660121253.
- Thompson . C.F.. Evenhuis . N.L.. 1998. Biosystematic Database of World Diptera. Diptera Data Dissemination Disk. North American Dipterists Society c/o SEL, USDA. 1.
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