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Genus Ceroptres

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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 Ceroptresini (Oak Inquiline Gall Wasps)
Genus Ceroptres
Explanation of Names
Author: Hartig, 1840
Numbers
16 spp. listed in (1)
Remarks
Inquilines in oak galls of other cynipids.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 February, 2012 - 12:07pm

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