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Species Ophelimus maskelli - Eucalyptus Gall Wasp

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)

Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)

Family Eulophidae

Subfamily Opheliminae

Genus Ophelimus

Species maskelli (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp)

Explanation of Names

Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead 1900)

Range

native to Australia, adventive in California & the Mediterranean

Life Cycle

Creates red/pink blister-like galls on Eucalyptus leaves

Remarks

First reported in CA in 2014 (Burke et al. 2015)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Hebrew University)

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 6 February, 2015 - 2:47am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 2 March, 2017 - 4:44pm

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