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Genus Diplolepis - Rose Gall Wasps

Cynipidae: Diplolepsis rosae - Diplolepis rosae

Diplolepis bicolor - Spiny Rose Gall Wasp - Diplolepis bicolor

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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