Diastrophus

Diastrophus
Diastrophus nebulosus in raspberry gall
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Diastrophus Hartig, 1840
Synonyms[1]
Gonaspis Ashmead, 1897

Diastrophus nebulosus larvae in gall

Diastrophus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are at least 21 described species in Diastrophus.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Species

The species in the genus Diastrophus include the following:

• Diastrophus colombianus Nieves-Aldrey, 2013 ( gall on Rubus glaucus)
• Diastrophus cuscutaeformis^b (blackberry seed gall wasp)
• Diastrophus fragariae Beutenmuller, 1915
• Diastrophus japonicus Wachi et al, 2013
• Diastrophus kincaidii Gillette, 1893^b
• Diastrophus mayri Reinhard, 1876^g
• Diastrophus nebulosus^b (blackberry knot gall wasp)
• Diastrophus potentillae Bassett, 1864^i c g b
• Diastrophus renai Davis & Nastasi, 2024[5]
• Diastrophus rubi (Bouché, 1834)^i c g
• Diastrophus turgidus Bassett, 1870^i c g
• Diastrophus wushei Davis & Nastasi, 2024[5]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Diastrophus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
2. "Browse Diastrophus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. "Diastrophus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
4. "Diastrophus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
5. Charles K. Davis; Louis F. Nastasi; Andrew R. Deans (27 November 2024). "Description of two new species of Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 from Taiwan, Diastrophus renai and D. wushei (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Diastrophini)". Zootaxa. 5541 (3): 367–374. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5541.3.7. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q131399343.
6. José Luis Nieves-Aldrey; Pedro A. Rodríguez; Enrique Medianero (1 November 2013). "Description of a New Species of Diastrophus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: "Aylacini") From Colombia: The First Herb Gall Wasp Native to the Neotropical Region". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 106 (6): 719–728. doi:10.1603/AN13033. ISSN 0013-8746. Wikidata Q104455974.

Further reading

• Schick, K.; Liu, Z.; Goldstein, P. (2003). "Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and macroevolution of host use among Diastrophus gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 105 (3): 715–732. ISSN 0013-8797.
• 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. S2CID 86539477.