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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) » Andricus » Andricus foliaformis

Species Andricus foliaformis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Season · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Andricus
Species foliaformis (Andricus foliaformis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andricus foliosus Weld
Explanation of Names
Author: Gillette, 1888
Season
Adults emerge from leaf galls in June. (1)
Remarks
Causes bract-bearing midrib swellings, containing 1-6 cells, in leaves of the white oak group. Originally described from white oak (Quercus alba); the holotype and gall are lost. The description of adult and gall agree with Andricus foliosus Weld, described from swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor). (1)
Works Cited
1.Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States
Lewis H. Weld. 1959. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 17 December, 2010 - 11:40pm

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