Genus Neolasioptera Felt

Neolasioptera Felt, 1908b: 330 . Type species, Lasioptera vitinea Felt, 1907 (subs. des. Coquillett, 1910: 575).

Luisieria Tavares, 1922b: 43 . Type species, fariae Tavares, 1922b (orig. des.).

Dilasioptera Möhn, 1964: 570, as subg. of Neolasioptera . Type species, Neolasioptera serrata Möhn, 1964 (orig. des.).

Neurolasioptera Brèthes, 1922: 138 . Type species, baezi Brèthes, 1922 (mon.).

Physalidicola Brèthes, 1917: 240 . Type species, argentata Brèthes, 1917 (orig. des.).

Comm.: Nearctic, Neotropical; 134 spp. The genus is associated with 44 plant families, mostly Asteraceae . The species induce mainly stem galls, but also petiole, leaf vein, or flower galls. Refs.: Gagné, 1994 (review); Gagné & Jaschhof, 2014 (cat.).