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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Rose Gall Wasps (Diplolepididae) » Rose Gall Wasps (Diplolepis)

Genus Diplolepis - Rose Gall Wasps

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References
Diplolepis polita Diplolepis polita Cynipid Gall Wasp - Diplolepis *Something* on Swamp Rose leaf: Cynipidae? A Bedeguar Gall of Mossy Rose Gall Wasp (Diplolepis rosae)? - Diplolepis rosae mossy rose gall - Diplolepis rosae Rose gall - Diplolepis californica Diplolepididae, Rose Gall Wasps, Diplolepis polita or bicolor - Diplolepis Diplolepis spinosa
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 Diplolepididae (Rose Gall Wasps)
Genus Diplolepis (Rose Gall Wasps)
Explanation of Names
Author of genus: Fourcroy 1785.
Numbers
Nearctica lists about 38 species.
Remarks
The European leaf gallers D. rosae, D. mayri and D. centifoliae have been accidentally introduced in America on their European hosts, Rosa canina and Rosa eglanteria.
Internet References
GALLS INDUCED BY CYNIPID WASPS OF THE GENUS DIPLOLEPIS(Cynipidae, Hymenoptera) ON CULTIVATED SHRUB ROSES IN CANADA
Galls induced by Cynipid wasps
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 21 June, 2008 - 1:54am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, PaleoJon
Last updated 6 May, 2021 - 4:06am

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