Aphelonyx kordestanica

Aphelonyx kordestanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Aphelonyx
Species:	A. kordestanica
Binomial name
	Aphelonyx kordestanica; Melika, 2010

Last updated January 02, 2026

Aphelonyx kordestanica is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae whose life cycle involves only Palaearctic oaks, Quercus subgen. Quercus, in the section Cerris.^[1]

References

1 2 Melika G, Pujade-Villar J, Abe Y, Tang CT, Nicholls J, Wachi N, Ide T, Yang MM, Penzes Z, Gyorgy C, Stone GN (2010). "Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2470: 1–79. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2470.1.1.

Mutun, Serap, et al. "Four new species of Andricus Hartig oak gallwasp from Turkey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)." Zootaxa 3760.2 (2014): 241–259.
Azmaz, Musa, and Yusuf Katılmış. "FOUR NEW RECORDS OF OAK GALL WASP (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE, CYNIPINI) FROM TURKEY." Munis Entomology & Zoology 10.1 (2015): 201–204.

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[Melika_et_al._2010-1] 1 2 Melika G, Pujade-Villar J, Abe Y, Tang CT, Nicholls J, Wachi N, Ide T, Yang MM, Penzes Z, Gyorgy C, Stone GN (2010). "Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2470: 1–79. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2470.1.1.

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Aphelonyx kordestanica

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