Cynips

Cynips
Cynips
Cynips longiventris parthenogenetic generation gall
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Cynips
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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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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