Rabdophaga

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rabdophaga salicis 2814M.jpg

| image_caption = Gall caused by Rabdophaga salicis

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| taxon = Rabdophaga

| authority = (Westwood 1847)

| synonyms = Rhabdophaga

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Rabdophaga is genus of flies in the family of gall midges Cecidomyiidae. There are 105 species distributed through Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.{{cite web|title=Taxonomy for Rabdophaga|url=http://insectoid.info/insecta/diptera/cecidomyiidae/rabdophaga_genus/|website=insectoid.info|accessdate=26 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033301/http://insectoid.info/insecta/diptera/cecidomyiidae/rabdophaga_genus/|url-status=dead}} Most species of Rabdophaga gall willows (Salix sp.); one exception is R. giraudiana which galls the stems of poplars (Populus sp.).{{cite book|last1=Redfern|first1=Margaret|last2=Shirley|first2=Peter|last3=Boxham|first3=Michael|title=British Plant Galls|date=2011|publisher=Field Study Council|location=Shrewsbury|isbn=978-185153-284-1|pages=282–299|edition=Second}}

Species

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Sources: {{cite web|title=Rabdophaga|url=http://eol.org/pages/1329656/names|website=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=1 August 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Ellis|first1=W N|title=Rabdophaga|url=https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/nematocera/cecidomyiidae/cecidomyiinae/lasiopteridi/oligotrophini/rabdophaga/|website=Plant Parasites of Europe|accessdate=26 November 2017}}{{cite web|title=Rabdophaga Westwood, 1847|url=http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:302689|website=PESI portal|accessdate=27 November 2017}}

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Previous species

  • Rabdophaga ramicola Rübsaamen, 1915 is a synonym of Rabdophaga degeerii (Bremi, 1847){{cite web|last1=Ellis|first1=W N|title=Rabdophaga degeerii (Bremi, 1847)|url=https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/nematocera/cecidomyiidae/cecidomyiinae/lasiopteridi/oligotrophini/rabdophaga/rabdophaga-degeerii/|website=Plant Parasites of Europe|accessdate=17 April 2024}}

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