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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) » Cynips » Speckled Gall Wasp (Cynips mirabilis)

Species Cynips mirabilis - Speckled Gall Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks
Oregon Oak Gall Wasp (Besbicus mirabilis), larva - Cynips mirabilis Oregon Oak Gall Wasp (Besbicus mirabilis), larva - Cynips mirabilis Speckled Gall Wasp - Cynips mirabilis Gary Oak Gall - Cynips mirabilis Oak leaf galls - Cynips mirabilis Cynipidae? - Cynips mirabilis Cynipidae? - Cynips mirabilis wasp gall on Quercus garryana - Cynips mirabilis
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 Cynips
Species mirabilis (Speckled Gall Wasp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cynips mirabilis Kinsey, 1922
Besbicus mirabilis
Remarks
An unidentified moth larva is sometimes found inside these galls:
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 31 December, 2008 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman
Last updated 1 November, 2015 - 6:33am

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