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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) » Herb Gall Wasps (Aulacideini) » Aulacidea » Aulacidea podagrae

Species Aulacidea podagrae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Cynipidae from Wild Lettuce gall - Aulacidea podagrae - female Cynipidae gall, Wild Lettuce - Aulacidea podagrae
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 Aulacidea
Species podagrae (Aulacidea podagrae)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aulax podagrae Basset, 1890
Explanation of Names
Aulacidea podagrae (Bassett, 1890)
Identification
This species is best recognized by its gall rather than by adult insects. Galls occur on Lactuca canadensis on the stems.
Range
Eastern and midwestern United States, particularly DC, IL, KS, NY, OH, PA, & VA (1).
Food
Induces galls in stems of Lactuca canadensis (1)
See Also
Other species of Aulacidea (e.g., annulata and tumida) also induce galls on Lactuca canadensis but their galls are less diagnostic.
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada and Mexico
Nastasi, L.F., Deans, A.R. 2021. Biodiversity Data Journal.
Contributed by Louis Nastasi on 14 February, 2022 - 10:29am

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