Diplolepidini

Diplolepididae

Diplolepididae

Family of insects


Diplolepididae is a family of small gall-inducing wasps. Until recently these wasps were included in the gall wasp family (Cynipidae) but were moved to their own family based on genetic and morphological features.[1][2] It contains two subfamilies: Diplolepidinae and Pediaspidinae.[2]

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Diplolepidinae includes about 60 species in two genera (Diplolepis and Liebelia), all of which induce galls on roses in which the larvae live and feed.[2][3][4] This subfamily was formerly included in Cynipidae as the tribe Diplolepidini.[2]

Pediaspidinae is composed of two monotypic genera: Himalocynips and Pediaspis.[2] The biology of this subfamily is poorly known, though Pediaspis aceris induces galls on a species of maple.[2] This subfamily was formerly included in Cynipidae as the tribe Pediaspini.[2]


References

  1. Bonnie B. Blaimer; Dietrich Gotzek; Seán G Brady; Matthew L Buffington (23 November 2020). "Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses re-write the evolution of parasitism within cynipoid wasps". BMC Ecology and Evolution. 20 (1): 155. doi:10.1186/S12862-020-01716-2. ISSN 1471-2148. PMID 33228574. Wikidata Q102333857.
  2. Jack Hearn; Erik Gobbo; José Luis Nieves-Aldrey; et al. (3 October 2023). "Phylogenomic analysis of protein-coding genes resolves complex gall wasp relationships". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/SYEN.12611. ISSN 0307-6970. Wikidata Q123440111.
  3. Fredrik Ronquist; José-Luis Nieves-Aldrey; Matthew L Buffington; Zhiwei Liu; Johan Liljeblad; Johan A A Nylander (2015). "Phylogeny, evolution and classification of gall wasps: the plot thickens". PLOS One. 10 (5): e0123301. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1023301R. doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0123301. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4439057. PMID 25993346. Wikidata Q28647214.
  4. Y. Miles Zhang; Matthew L. Buffington; Chris Looney; Zoltán László; Joseph D. Shorthouse; Tatsuya Ide; Andrea Lucky (29 August 2020). "UCE data reveal multiple origins of rose gallers in North America: Global phylogeny of Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 153: 106949. doi:10.1016/J.YMPEV.2020.106949. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 32866614. Wikidata Q99634248.



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