Genus Lestodiplosis Kieffer

Leptodiplosis Kieffer, 1894a: xxviii. Type species, Lestodiplosis septemguttata Kieffer (subs. des. Kieffer, 1895: cclxxx). Replaced by Lestodiplosis as valid original spelling (ICZN, 1958: 291).

Lestodiplosis Kieffer, 1894b: 84 . Type species, Cecidomyia septemguttata Kieffer (subs. des. Kieffer, 1895: cclxxx).

Coprodiplosis Kieffer, 1894b: 84 . Type species, Cecidomyia polypori Loew (subs. des. Kieffer, 1895: cclxxx).

Hemidiplosis Kieffer, 1894c: 9 (publ'n not seen). Type species, Lestodiplosis rosea Kieffer, 1894c (mon.).

Adelgimyza Del Guercio, 1918: 231 . Type species, strobilobii Del Guercio, 1918 (orig. des. as n.g, n.sp.).

Cecidomyella Del Guercio, 1918: 247 . Type species, aulacaspidis Del Guercio, 1918 (orig. des. as n. g., n. sp.).

Moreschiella Del Guerico, 1918: 157 . Type species, moricola Del Guerico, 1918 (mon.) = moricolata Gagné, 2004.

Theatodiplosis Tavares, 1922a: 148 . Type species, quercina Tavares, 1922a (orig. des.).

Cecidomyela Felt, 1925: 163, missp. of Cecidomyella .

Cecidomyiella Mani, 1934: 428, missp. of Cecidomyella .

Chiliodiplosis Möhn, 1955b: 415 . Type species, vasta Möhn (orig. des.).

Phonodiplosis Möhn, 1955b: 420 . Type species, casta Möhn (orig. des.).

Coplodiplosis Shinji, 1944: 245, missp. of Coprodiplosis .

Comm.: Cosmopolitan and copal fossil; 181 spp. Larvae are predators of several arthropods (Diplopoda, Acarina, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Thysanoptera). Many are found in inflorescences. They are associated with at least 18 plant families. According to gagné & jaschhof, 2014, this genus contains many apparent synonyms. Ref.: Gagné & Jaschhof, 2014 (cat.).