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Species Antistrophus laciniatus

Cynipidae, Antistrophus laciniatus - Antistrophus laciniatus Cynipidae, Antistrophus laciniatus, gall  - Antistrophus laciniatus Cynipidae on Compass Plant, #2 gall opened - Antistrophus laciniatus - female Cynipidae on Compass Plant, #3 gall opened - Antistrophus laciniatus Cynipidae on Compass Plant, #4 gall opened - Antistrophus laciniatus Cynipidae on Compass Plant, #4 gall opened - Antistrophus laciniatus Cynipidae on Compass Plant,  galls #5 and #6 opened - Antistrophus laciniatus Cynipidae galls on Compass Plant - Antistrophus laciniatus
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 Aulacideini (Herb Gall Wasps)
Genus Antistrophus
Species laciniatus (Antistrophus laciniatus)
Explanation of Names
Author: Gillette
Remarks
Produces minute galls among disk florets in flower heads of Silphium laciniatum. (1)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.