Amphibolips

Amphibolips
Gall made by Amphibolips quercusinanis on oak leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Tribe:	Cynipini
Genus:	Amphibolips Reinhard, 1865

Amphibolips is an American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about 57 described species in the genus Amphibolips with several others still undescribed. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

The following species belong to the genus Amphibolips:

• Amphibolips acuminata Ashmead, 1896
• Amphibolips aliciae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2010
• Amphibolips arbensis Mehes, 1953
• Amphibolips bassae Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
• Amphibolips bromus Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
• Amphibolips castroviejoi Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2010
• Amphibolips cibriani Pujade-Villar, 2018
• Amphibolips comini Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
• Amphibolips confluenta (Harris, 1841) - Spongy oak apple gall wasp
• Amphibolips cookii Gillette, 1888
• Amphibolips dampfi Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
• Amphibolips elatus Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips ellipsoidalis Weld, 1926
• Amphibolips femoratus (Ashmead, 1887)
• Amphibolips fusus Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips gainesi Bassett, 1900
• Amphibolips globulus Beutenmüller
• Amphibolips globus Weld
• Amphibolips gumia Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips hidalgoensis Pujade-Villar & Melika, 2011
• Amphibolips ilicifoliae Basset, 1864
• Amphibolips jaliscensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
• Amphibolips jubatus Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips kinseyi Castillejos-Lemus, Oyama, & Nieves-Aldrey, 2020
• Amphibolips magnigalla Castillejos-Lemus, Oyama, & Nieves-Aldrey, 2020
• Amphibolips maturus Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips melanocera Ashmead, 1885
• Amphibolips michoacaensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
• Amphibolips montana Beutenmüller
• Amphibolips murata Weld, 1957
• Amphibolips nassa Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips nebris Kinsey, 1937
• Amphibolips nevadensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
• Amphibolips niger Beutenmüller, 1911
• Amphibolips nigrialatus Castillejos-Lemus, Oyama, & Nieves-Aldrey, 2020
• Amphibolips nubilipennis Beutenmüller, 1909 - Translucent oak gall wasp
• Amphibolips oaxacae Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
• Amphibolips quercuscinerea Ashmead, 1881
• Amphibolips quercuscitriformis Ashmead, 1881
• Amphibolips quercuscoelebs Osten Sacken, 1861
• Amphibolips quercusfuliginosa Ashmead, 1885
• Amphibolips quercusinanis Osten Sacken, 1861 - Larger empty oak apple wasp
• Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Osten Sacken, 1862) - Acorn plum gall wasp
• Amphibolips quercusostensackenii Felt, 1917
• Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Kinsey, 1922 - Apple gall wasp ^[5]
• Amphibolips quercusracemaria Ashmead, 1881
• Amphibolips quercusrugosa Ashmead, 1881
• Amphibolips quercusspongifica Osten Sacken, 1861
• Amphibolips rulli Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
• Amphibolips salicifoliae Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
• Amphibolips spinosa Ashmead, 1887
• Amphibolips tarasco Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
• Amphibolips tinctoriae Ashmead, 1896
• Amphibolips trizonata Ashmead, 1896
• Amphibolips turulli Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
• Amphibolips zacatecaensis Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2011

References

1. "Amphibolips Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
2. "Amphibolips". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
3. "Amphibolips genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
4. "Amphibolips". gallformers.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
5. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 230. ISBN   978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC   1239984577.

Further reading

• Melika, G.; Abrahamson, W. G. (2002). Melika, G.; Thuroczy, C. (eds.). Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini Latreille, 1802). Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. Angroinform. pp. 150–190. ISBN   978-963-502-765-1.
• Ronquist, Fredrik (1999). "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 28 (1–2): 139–164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x. S2CID   86539477.
• Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.