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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 and Herb Inquiline Gall Wasps (Diastrophini) » Diastrophus » Blackberry Knot Gall Wasp (Diastrophus nebulosus)

Species Diastrophus nebulosus - Blackberry Knot Gall Wasp

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Raspberry? gall and larvae - Diastrophus nebulosus Raspberry? gall and larvae - Diastrophus nebulosus Diastrophus nebulosus - female gall or fungus? - Diastrophus nebulosus gall on rubus - Diastrophus nebulosus Gall wasp? - Diastrophus nebulosus Gall wasp? - Diastrophus nebulosus Diastrophus nebulosus
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 Diastrophini (Herb and Herb Inquiline Gall Wasps)
Genus Diastrophus
Species nebulosus (Blackberry Knot Gall Wasp)
Other Common Names
Blackberry Gall Maker
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cynips nebulosus Osten Sacken 1861
Remarks
Induces galls in blackberry stems: "Rounded or long stem swellings, sometimes with 4 or 5 deep longitudinal furrows, length 2 to 6 inches." (1)

Parasitoids include this eurytomid:
See Also
Several other Diastrophus species induce galls in blackberry stems, but the longitudinal furrows are apparently characteristic of this species.
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 2 October, 2009 - 11:36am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 January, 2011 - 3:32pm

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