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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) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Druon

Genus Druon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References
Oak Gall wasp - Druon quercusflocci Andricus fullawayi? - Druon fullawayi Andricus ignotus? - Druon ignotum Some kind of oak gall? - Druon quercuslanigerum Larva in an oak leaf gall. - Druon pattoni Oak - Druon quercuslanigerum St. Andrews leaf gall on Quercus virginiana SA_G163 adult 2021 1 - Druon quercuslanigerum wasp - Druon
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 Druon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Originally established by Kinsey, Weld synonmyized it within Andricus, but it was recently resurrected by Cuesta-Porta et al. 2022.
Explanation of Names
Druon Kinsey, 1937
Remarks
All species are known only from their asexual generation except for D. ignotum and D. quercuslanigerum, for which alternating asexual and sexual generations are known. (Cuesta-Porta et al. 2022)
Print References
Cuesta-Porta et al. (2022) Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Druon Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with description of five new species. Zootaxa: 5132(1): 001–092.
Kinsey, A.C. (1937a) New Mexican gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae). Revistade de Entomologia, 7: 39–79.
Kinsey, A.C. (1937b) New Mexican gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) II. Revistade de Entomologia, 7: 428–471.
Contributed by Miles Zhang on 2 May, 2022 - 11:56am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 September, 2023 - 9:42am

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