Rhodites

See also: rhodites

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Rhodites m

1. Certain gallflies that infest roses
   1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cynipidae – some now in Diplolepis.
   2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Cynipidae – Diplolepis (Rhodites).

Hypernyms

• (subgenus): Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Cynipoidea – superfamily; Cynipidae – family; Cynipinae – subfamily; Diplolepidini – tribe; Diplolepis – genus

Hypernyms

• (subgenus): now Diplolepis abei, Diplolepis rosae – selected species

References

• Diplolepis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Diplolepis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Diplolepis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhodites at Paleobiology Database
• “Rhodites”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.