Cynipidae

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Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Cynipidae
Acraspis villosa Gillette, 1888

Acraspis villosa Gillette, 1888

Acraspis villosa Gillette, 1888

Acraspis villosa is a cynipid gall-forming wasp found in Canada and the US that forms galls on Quercus macrocarpa.

Acraspis quercushirta (Bassett, 1864)

Acraspis quercushirta (Bassett, 1864)

Acraspis quercushirta (Bassett, 1864)

Acraspis quercushirta, the jewel oak gall wasp, is a North American gall wasp that forms galls on white oaks, with two annual generations.

Belonocnema treatae Mayr, 1881

Belonocnema treatae Mayr, 1881

Belonocnema treatae Mayr, 1881

Belonocnema treatae is a gall-forming wasp that hosts on Quercus virginiana, with distinct gall traits for its two generations and identifiable morphological features.

Belonocnema kinseyi Weld, 1921

Belonocnema kinseyi Weld, 1921

Belonocnema kinseyi Weld, 1921

Belonocnema kinseyi is a gall-forming wasp that can be distinguished from related species and found in the southern US on specific oak hosts.

Belonocnema fossoria Weld, 1921

Belonocnema fossoria Weld, 1921

Belonocnema fossoria Weld, 1921

Belonocnema fossoria is a gall-forming wasp found in Georgia and Florida that hosts on Quercus geminata, with distinct galls for each generation.

Odontocynips nebulosa Kieffer, 1910

Odontocynips nebulosa Kieffer, 1910

Odontocynips nebulosa Kieffer, 1910

Odontocynips nebulosa is a rarely seen small gall wasp that forms galls on young oak roots in central and southeastern US.

Kokkocynips rileyi (Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 1896) Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 2021

Kokkocynips rileyi (Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 1896) Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 2021

Kokkocynips rileyi (Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 1896) Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 2021

Kokkocynips rileyi is a species of gall wasp in Cynipidae, reclassified from Dryocosmus to Kokkocynips, with an ant-attracting lipid-rich kapello.

Kokkocynips imbricariae (Ashmead, 1896) Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 2021

Kokkocynips imbricariae (Ashmead, 1896) Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 2021

Kokkocynips imbricariae (Ashmead, 1896) Nieves-Aldrey, Nicholls, Tang, Melika, Stone, Pujade-Villar, Buffington, Maldonado & Medianero, 2021

Kokkocynips imbricariae, the banded bullet gall wasp, is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae.

Liposthenes glechomae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Liposthenes glechomae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Liposthenes glechomae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Liposthenes glechomae is an invasive gall wasp in Cynipidae found across Europe, Northern Asia, and North America that forms galls on its host plant.

Diastrophus rubi (Bouché, 1834)

Diastrophus rubi (Bouché, 1834)

Diastrophus rubi (Bouché, 1834)

Diastrophus rubi is a European gall wasp that lives on bramble stems, first described in 1834 by Peter Friedrich Bouché.

Diastrophus potentillae Bassett, 1864

Diastrophus potentillae Bassett, 1864

Diastrophus potentillae Bassett, 1864

Diastrophus potentillae is a cynipid gall wasp found in eastern North America that forms galls on two cinquefoil species.

Diplolepis polita

Diplolepis polita

Diplolepis polita

Diplolepis polita, the spiny leaf gall wasp, is a North American cynipid gall wasp that forms spiky spherical galls on wild rose leaves.

Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diplolepis rosae is a parthenogenetic gall wasp that forms characteristic galls on wild rose shrubs.

Diplolepis bassetti

Diplolepis bassetti

Diplolepis bassetti

Diplolepis bassetti, the mossy rose gall wasp, is a North American cynipid wasp that forms bud galls on wild roses.

Diplolepis bicolor

Diplolepis bicolor

Diplolepis bicolor

Diplolepis bicolor, the spiny bud gall wasp, is a North American cynipid wasp that forms bud galls on wild roses.

Diplolepis californica

Diplolepis californica

Diplolepis californica

Diplolepis californica, the leafy bract gall wasp, is a North American cynipid wasp that forms galls on wild roses.

Diplolepis mayri (Schlechtendal, 1877)

Diplolepis mayri (Schlechtendal, 1877)

Diplolepis mayri (Schlechtendal, 1877)

Diplolepis mayri is a gall-forming species that produces galls similar but distinct from those of Diplolepis rosae.

Diplolepis fructuum (Rubsaamen, 1896)

Diplolepis fructuum (Rubsaamen, 1896)

Diplolepis fructuum (Rubsaamen, 1896)

Diplolepis fructuum is a gall wasp that forms galls in wild rose seeds, damaging rose hips, found across West Asia and the Black Sea region.

Diplolepis ignota

Diplolepis ignota

Diplolepis ignota

Diplolepis ignota is a North American cynipid gall wasp that forms galls on the leaves of wild rose species.

Diplolepis spinosa

Diplolepis spinosa

Diplolepis spinosa

Diplolepis spinosa is a North American cynipid wasp that forms conspicuous galls on wild roses.

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