Diplolepis is a genus of approximately fifty species of gall-inducing wasps in the family Diplolepididae. The larvae induce galls on wild roses (Rosa), and rarely on domestic roses.
Description
Adults are small () with a strongly arched mesosoma giving them a hunched appearance. Coloration ranges from entirely orange to reddish-brown or black.
Taxonomy
The name Diplolepis<nowiki/>' was first used for this group by Etienne-Louis Geoffroy in 1762. The genus is monophyletic and, with Liebelia, constitutes the subfamily Diplolepidinae.
- Diplolepis abei
- Diplolepis arefacta
- Diplolepis ashmeadi
- Diplolepis bassetti
- Diplolepis bicolor
- Diplolepis californica
- Diplolepis dichlocera
- Diplolepis eglanteriae
- Diplolepis flaviabdomenis
- Diplolepis fructuum
- Diplolepis fulgens
- Diplolepis fusiformans
- Diplolepis gracilis
- Diplolepis hunanensis
- Diplolepis ignota
- Diplolepis inconspicuis
- Diplolepis japonica
- Diplolepis lens
- Diplolepis mayri
- Diplolepis minoriabdomenis
- Diplolepis nebulosa
- Diplolepis neglecta
- Diplolepis nervosa
- Diplolepis nezha
- Diplolepis nigriceps
- Diplolepis nitida
- Diplolepis nodulosa
- Diplolepis ogawai
- Diplolepis oregonensis
- Diplolepis ostensackeni
- Diplolepis polita
- Diplolepis pustulatoides
- Diplolepis radicum
- Diplolepis radoszkowskii
- Diplolepis rosae
- Diplolepis rosaefolii
- Diplolepis similis
- Diplolepis spinosa
- Diplolepis spinosissimae
- Diplolepis terrigena
- Diplolepis triforma
- Diplolepis tuberculatrix
- Diplolepis tumida
- Diplolepis valtonyci
- Diplolepis variabilis
- Diplolepis variegata
- Diplolepis verna
- Diplolepis weldi