Cynips
| Cynips | |
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| Cynips longiventris parthenogenetic generation gall | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Cynips Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species | |
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about 39, see text | |
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Besbicus | |
Cynips is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, the oak gall wasps. One of the best known is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), which induces characteristic spherical galls about two centimeters wide on the undersides of oak leaves.
As of 2008, there are about 39 species in this genus.[1]
Some authors have include Antron in Cynips but it was recently resurrected as a distinct genus.[2]
Species[]
- – round gall wasp
- Cynips divisa – red-pea gall
- Cynips douglasii – spined turbaned gall wasp
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- Cynips longiventris
- – speckled gall wasp
- – gray midrib gall wasp
- Cynips quercusechinus – urchin gall wasp
- Cynips quercusfolii
The wasp formerly named Cynips saltatorius is now named Neuroterus saltatorius.[4]
References[]
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- ^ Liljeblad, J., et al. (2008). A fully web-illustrated morphological phylogenetic study of relationships among oak gall wasps and their closest relatives (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Zootaxa 1796, 1-73.
- ^ George Melika; James A. Nicholls; Warren Abrahamson; Eileen A. Buss; Graham N. Stone (23 December 2021). "New species of Nearctic oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 5084 (1): 1–131. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5084.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q110307168.
- ^ Mutun, Serap; Dinç, Serdar; Melika, George (2020-12-03). "Two new species of oak gall wasps from Turkey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 4890 (3): 428–438. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.9. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ W.P. Armstrong. "California's Amazing Jumping Galls". 1997.
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