- Cynips
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Cynips Cynips longiventris parthenogenetic generation gall Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Cynipidae Genus: Cynips
Linnaeus, 1758Species See text
Cynips is a genus of gall wasps. One of the best known of these oak gall wasps is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), which induces characteristic two-centimeter in diameter, spherical galls on the underside of oak leaves.
Species
- Cynips agama
- Cynips caputmedusae
- Cynips cornifex
- Cynips disticha
- Cynips divisa, the red-pea gall
- Cynips fusca
- Cynips longiventris
- Cynips quercus
- Cynips quercusfolii
- Cynips schlechtendali
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