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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) » Phylloteras
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Gall Wasp - Phylloteras
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Gall Wasp - Phylloteras
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
December 26, 2009
Size: 2.3mm
Found on the snow, near the base of a large oak tree.

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Contributed by tom murray on 26 December, 2009 - 7:13pm
Last updated 28 February, 2023 - 12:30am

Moved
Moved from Wingless adults: Acraspis, Philonix, Phylloteras, or Trigonaspis.
… Adam Kranz, 28 February, 2023 - 12:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acraspis.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 February, 2012 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Acraspis?
Charley, should this one go back to the Acraspis page?
… tom murray, 14 February, 2012 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
This placement is probably best
After Dr. Liu identified several wingless cynipids as Acraspis, I asked him if there are other wingless genera, and he replied: "Yes, three other North American genera also have wingless asexual generation; they are Philonix, Phylloteras, Trigonaspis. Honestly I cannot tell them apart using photos; some of those I tentatively assigned as Acraspis could be of one of the other three genera." I think we'll have to get him actual specimens to be sure with these.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 February, 2012 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Caught specimens
I see that Dr Liu is also taking caught specimens besides the reared ones. That's going to get this section a long ways. I'll start saving any that I can find.
… tom murray, 14 February, 2012 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.

Zhiwei Liu says: "Yes, this is a great picture. Great job, Tom! It is a cynipine of the genus Acraspis."
… Charley Eiseman, 14 February, 2012 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

Wow Tom, great pic!!
Wow Tom, great pic!!
… Martin Hauser, 27 December, 2009 - 4:48am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Martin
Too bad we can't identify the adult Gall Wasps, only the galls.
… tom murray, 27 December, 2009 - 7:06am login or register to post comments

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