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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Andricus » Oak Petiole Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuspetiolicola)

Species Andricus quercuspetiolicola - Oak Petiole Gall Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Season · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Cynipoidea
Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)
Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)
Genus Andricus
Species quercuspetiolicola (Oak Petiole Gall Wasp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cynips petiolicola Osten Sacken, 1865
Andricus petiolicolus Bassett
Andricus cicatriculus Bassett
Andricus quinqueseptum Ashmead
Andricus concolorans Kinsey
Explanation of Names
Author: Bassett 1863
Season
Adults of both sexes emerge from petiole galls in June-July. (1)
Remarks
Larvae develop in petiole galls in various white oaks. The galls are globose, hard, and project equally above and below the petiole or midrib. (2)
Works Cited
1.Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States
Lewis H. Weld. 1959. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 2 August, 2009 - 11:07am
Last updated 17 December, 2010 - 11:24pm

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