Antistrophus is a genus of about 10 species of gall wasps.[1][2] The genus is only known from the Nearctic.[1] Species of Antistrophus induce galls on plant species in four Asteraceae genera: Silphium, Lygodesmia, Chrysothamnus, and Microseris .[1][3][4][5][6]
The genus was first named and described by Benjamin Walsh in 1869.[1][2]
This genus includes the following species:[1][2]
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
