Cynips
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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]
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 multipunctatus – gray midrib gall wasp
- Cynips quercusechinus – urchin gall wasp
- Cynips quercusfolii
- Cynips schlechtendali
The wasp formerly named Cynips saltatorius is now named Neuroterus saltatorius.[2]
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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.
- ↑ W.P. Armstrong. "California's Amazing Jumping Galls". 1997.
