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Superfamily Cynipoidea

wasp gall Small Wasp Gall wasp of some type - Xanthoteras clavuloides Unknown Wasp - Ibalia twig gall on shingle oak - Dryocosmus imbricariae Unknown eggs? Diplolepis rosae - Diplolepis oak galls - Adleria dimorpha
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Numbers
More than 800 species in the United States.
Identification
Mostly small or minute insects with reduced venation. Most species are black and the abdomen is usually shiny and somewhat compressed. Filiform antennae; the pronotum extends back to the tegulae and the ovipositor issues from the anterior apex of the abdomen.
Remarks
Gall makers, gall inquilines or parasites.
Internet References
Cynipoidea In Catalan, with excellent photos.
Contributed by Richard Leung on 11 April, 2005 - 10:06pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 October, 2008 - 7:33pm

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