There are twenty-four valid species of Jassidophaga known. Taxonomy of the genus is confounded by synonyms and undescribed species. Recent changes to the classification by Kehlmaier (2006) have helped resolve some of the issues but a revision of the group is needed. Kehlmaier is currently working on the European fauna and Skevington is working on the Nearctic and Australian taxa.

The genus is easy to recognize by the complete wing venation (incomplete in Chalarus) and the absence of the wing vein M2 (present in Verrallia).

• Jassidophaga
  • Jassidophaga abscissa
  • Jassidophaga argentisegmentata
  • Jassidophaga armata
  • Jassidophaga beatricis
  • Jassidophaga chiiensis
  • Jassidophaga contracta
  • Jassidophaga eximia
  • Jassidophaga fasciata
  • Jassidophaga flavidipes
  • Jassidophaga guangxiensis
  • Jassidophaga hodosa
  • Jassidophaga japonica
  • Jassidophaga kurilensis
  • Jassidophaga makarkini
  • Jassidophaga nearctica
  • Jassidophaga pala
  • Jassidophaga pilosa
  • Jassidophaga plumbella
  • Jassidophaga pollinosa
  • Jassidophaga sidorenkoi
  • Jassidophaga speciosa
  • Jassidophaga triloba
  • Jassidophaga verrucosa
  • Jassidophaga villosa

Kehlmaier has discovered additional characters that may support the monophyly of the genus (in prep), but a detailed phylogenetic study of the Verrallia/Jassidophaga lineage is needed.

Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Jassidophaga

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
                                                             

Specimen Records:	26
Specimens with Sequences:	13
Specimens with Barcodes:	13
Public Records:	1
Species:	2
Species With Barcodes:	2

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