Lestodiplosis Kieffer, 1894
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58317C7D-B13C-FFA0-9D52-DFBCE6C584BD |
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Felipe |
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Lestodiplosis Kieffer, 1894 |
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Genus Lestodiplosis Kieffer, 1894 View in CoL
The genus includes 184 described species, but many of these are probably synonyms. The members are predators of other insects, mites, and, in one case, a millipede. Most species are predators of other gall midges. We have hatched Lestodiplosis from a range of other gall midge species, but most of this material awaits examination, and only three species are reported here based on host associations.
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