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Genus Cynips

Speckled Gall Wasp - Cynips mirabilis Gary Oak Gall - Cynips mirabilis Gray Midrib Gall Wasp - Cynips multipunctata From the 'gall mast year' - Cynips multipunctata Quercus lobata petiole gall - Cynips conspicuus Quercus lobata petiole gall wasp - Cynips conspicuus Gray midrib gall wasp - Cynips multipunctata Cynips multipunctata
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Besbicus Kinsey, 1930 are junior synonyms (Melika and Abrahamson 2002), Antron Kinsey, 1930 was also synonymized in this paper, but have since been reversed in Melika et al 2021
Explanation of Names
Author: Linnaeus, 1758
Print References
George Melika and Warren G. Abrahamson. 2002. Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini). Parasitic Wasps Evolution Systematics Biodiversity and Biological Control 42(1):150-190. (1)
Works Cited
1.Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)
George Melika and Warren G. Abrahamson. 2002. Parasitic Wasps Evolution Systematics Biodiversity and Biological Control 42(1):150-190.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 February, 2012 - 11:00am
Additional contributions by mileszhang, Edward Ruden
Last updated 22 December, 2021 - 7:39pm

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