Antistrophus

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