genus
Antistrophus
Antistrophus
Field notes
Antistrophus is a genus of about 10 species of gall wasps. The genus is only known from the Nearctic. Species of Antistrophus induce galls on plant species in four Asteraceae genera: Silphium, Lygodesmia, Chrysothamnus, and Microseris.
The genus was first named and described by Benjamin Walsh in 1869.
This genus includes the following species:
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
Read more on WikipediaChildren
- Apical Rosinweed Gall Wasp presumed native
- Antistrophus pisum native
- Microseris Stem Gall Wasp presumed native
- Antistrophus laciniatus presumed native
- Antistrophus jeanae presumed native
- Antistrophus meganae presumed native
- Antistrophus rufus presumed native
- Antistrophus laurenae presumed native
- Antistrophus bicolor presumed native
- Antistrophus minor
- Antistrophus chrysothamni
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native Antistrophus All
Native to the US, by observations.
