Cynipidae
Andricus kollari (Hartig, 1843)
Andricus kollari (Hartig, 1843)
Andricus kollari is a gall wasp that forms oak marble galls, whose tannic acid has long been used by humans.
Andricus quercuscalifornicus (Bassett, 1881)
Andricus quercuscalifornicus (Bassett, 1881)
Andricus quercuscalifornicus is a large cynipid wasp that induces characteristic spherical galls, mostly on Valley Oak, and plays a key ecosystem role.
Andricus curvator Hartig, 1840
Andricus curvator Hartig, 1840
Andricus curvator is a European gall wasp that forms six distinct galls on multiple oak species, with both agamic and sexual generations.
Andricus lignicolus (Hartig, 1840)
Andricus lignicolus (Hartig, 1840)
Andricus lignicolus is an agamic gall wasp that causes harmless cola-nut galls on oak trees across Europe to Asia Minor.
Andricus inflator Hartig, 1840
Andricus inflator Hartig, 1840
Andricus inflator is an oak gall wasp found across Europe, with two generations that produce distinct galls on oak trees.
Andricus quercuscalicis (Burgsdorff, 1783)
Andricus quercuscalicis (Burgsdorff, 1783)
Andricus quercuscalicis is a gall wasp that forms knopper galls on oak acorns and has expanded its range across Europe.
Andricus dentimitratus (Rejtö, 1887)
Andricus dentimitratus (Rejtö, 1887)
Andricus dentimitratus is a Mediterranean gall-forming wasp that creates distinctive mushroom-shaped galls on oak acorn cups.
Andricus aries (Giraud, 1859)
Andricus aries (Giraud, 1859)
Andricus aries, the ram's horn gall wasp, is a gall-forming wasp that spread from eastern Europe to the UK by the 21st century.
Andricus quercusfoliatus (Ashmead, 1881)
Andricus quercusfoliatus (Ashmead, 1881)
Andricus quercusfoliatus, the leafy oak gall wasp, is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae.
Andricus grossulariae Giraud, 1859
Andricus grossulariae Giraud, 1859
Andricus grossulariae is a gall wasp that forms two distinct galls on oaks, found across Europe and parts of the Near East.
Andricus infectorius (Hartig, 1843)
Andricus infectorius (Hartig, 1843)
Andricus infectorius is an oak gall wasp with an unknown sexual generation gall, found across parts of western and central Europe including recently Great Britain.
Andricus foecundatrix (Hartig, 1840)
Andricus foecundatrix (Hartig, 1840)
Andricus foecundatrix is a parthenogenetic gall wasp that forms characteristic artichoke galls on oak trees, with a two-generation life cycle.
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum is a cynipid wasp that causes distinct galls on oaks, with alternating generations found across Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa.
Neuroterus albipes (Schenck, 1863)
Neuroterus albipes (Schenck, 1863)
Neuroterus albipes is a gall wasp that forms two distinct leaf galls on oak trees, with older synonyms noted.
Neuroterus numismalis (Fourcroy, 1785)
Neuroterus numismalis (Fourcroy, 1785)
Neuroterus numismalis is a gall wasp that creates two distinct galls on oak leaves, and can have over a thousand galls per leaf.
Neuroterus anthracinus (Curtis, 1838)
Neuroterus anthracinus (Curtis, 1838)
Neuroterus anthracinus is a widely distributed gall wasp that forms two distinct galls on oak trees via two reproductive generations.
Disholcaspis prehensa Weld, 1957
Disholcaspis prehensa Weld, 1957
Disholcaspis prehensa, the clasping twig gall wasp, is a California native gall-inducing wasp with alternating sexual and asexual generations.
Disholcaspis quercusglobulus (Fitch, 1859)
Disholcaspis quercusglobulus (Fitch, 1859)
Disholcaspis quercusglobulus, the round bullet gall wasp, is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae.
Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951
Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951
Dryocosmus kuriphilus, the chestnut gall wasp, is an invasive pest of most cultivated chestnut species native to China.
Cynips quercusfolii Linnaeus, 1758
Cynips quercusfolii Linnaeus, 1758
Cynips quercusfolii, the cherry gall wasp, is a commercially important gall wasp species that forms galls on oak trees.
Cynips divisa Hartig, 1840
Cynips divisa Hartig, 1840
Cynips divisa Hartig, 1840 is a gall wasp that induces two distinct gall types on oak trees through alternating sexual and agamic generations.
Heteroecus pacificus (Ashmead, 1896)
Heteroecus pacificus (Ashmead, 1896)
The beaked spindle gall wasp Heteroecus pacificus is a cynipid gall wasp found in western North America that forms galls on two oak species.
Biorhiza pallida (Olivier, 1791)
Biorhiza pallida (Olivier, 1791)
Biorhiza pallida is a gall wasp with a complex alternating sexual/asexual life cycle that forms galls on oak tree buds and roots.
Amphibolips quercuspomiformis (Bassett, 1881) Cuesta-Porta, Equihua-Martínez, Estrada-Venegas, Cibrián-Tovar, Barrera-Ruíz, Silva, Sánchez, Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2020
Amphibolips quercuspomiformis (Bassett, 1881) Cuesta-Porta, Equihua-Martínez, Estrada-Venegas, Cibrián-Tovar, Barrera-Ruíz, Silva, Sánchez, Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2020
Amphibolips quercuspomiformis is a gall wasp species that forms different galls on oaks across two alternating generations.
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