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Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development.
Cynipini is a tribe of gall wasps.These insects induce galls in plants of the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. [1] They are known commonly as the oak gall wasps. [2] It is the largest cynipid tribe, with about 936 [3] to 1000 [2] recognized species, most of which are associated with oaks. [2]
Diastrophus nebulosus (tribe Diastrophini) emerging from gall. Cynipinae is a subfamily of gall wasps (Cynipidae). [1] Many of the approximately 1,500 described species cause galls on oaks, but some induce galls on other plant species or are inquilines of the gall-inducing species.
Besbicus mirabilis, formerly Cynips mirabilis, also known as the speckled gall wasp, is a common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America. [1] This wasp oviposits on the midrib of the underside (with rare dorsal-side exceptions) of Oregon oak leaves. [1] One to three detachable galls per leaf have been observed. [1]
Neuroterus Hartig, 1840 i c g b (the jumping gall wasp) Nichollsiella Melika, Pujade-Villar & Stone 2021 b; Odontocynips Kieffer, 1910 i c g; Palaeogronotoma Peñalver, Fontal-Cazalla & Pujade-Villar, 2013 g; Panteliella Kieffer, 1901 i g; Parapanteliella Diakonchuk, 1981 g; Paraschiza Weld, 1944 g; Paribalia Weld, 1922 g; Periclistus Förster ...
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]
Cynips quercusechinus, the urchin gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. It induces galls in the leaves and leaf buds of blue oak and scrub oak. Like other oak gall wasps, it has two generations: a bisexual generation, and a parthenogenic female generation. In spring, the hatching bisexual generation produces hollow green ...
Acraspis quercushirta, the jewel oak gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae, [2] [3] tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps), [4] found in North America. [5] [6] Hosts are white oaks, including bur oak, Gambel oak, Chapman oak, swamp chestnut oak, and chestnut oak. [1]