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Species Kokkocynips difficilis

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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 Kokkocynips
Species difficilis (Kokkocynips difficilis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andricus difficilis Ashmead, 1887
Callirhytis difficilis (Ashmead, 1887)
Remarks
Forms stem galls on Quercus cinerea, Q. laurifolia, Q. myrtifolia, Q. nigra, and Q. phellos (1).
Works Cited
1.Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States
Lewis H. Weld. 1959. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 April, 2018 - 5:54pm
Last updated 25 February, 2021 - 7:30pm

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