Cynips
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.
| Cynips | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cynips longiventris parthenogenetic generation gall | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Subfamily: | |
| Tribe: | |
| Genus: | Cynips |
| Species | |
|
about 39, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Antron | |
As of 2008, there are about 39 species in this genus.[1]
Species
- Cynips agama
- Cynips caputmedusae
- Cynips conspicua – round gall wasp
- Cynips cornifex
- Cynips disticha
- Cynips divisa – red-pea gall
- Cynips douglasi – spined turbaned gall wasp
- Cynips fusca
- Cynips longiventris
- Cynips mirabilis – speckled gall wasp
- Cynips multipunctata – gray midrib gall wasp
- Cynips quercusechina – urchin gall wasp
- Cynips quercusfolii
- Cynips schlechtendali
The wasp formerly named Cynips saltatorius is now named Neuroterus saltatorius.[2]
gollark: Since they have not generally had enough sleep, this would be good except they are not actually sleeping.
gollark: You can trust us.
gollark: The potatOS privacy policy forbids* us from misusing your data.
gollark: They're filing zettabytes of lawsuits per second in all possible jurisdictions, searching all available laws and precedents for loopholes, and rapidly creating independent nations with different law.
gollark: They're currently engaged in a protracted legal struggle with HTech™'s similarly performant system.
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cynips. |
- 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.
- W.P. Armstrong. "California's Amazing Jumping Galls". 1997.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.