Lestodiplosis Kieffer

Maia, Valéria Cid, 2016, FAMILY CECIDOMYIIDAE, Zootaxa 4122 (1), pp. 26-40 : 31

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.).