Ceroptres

Ceroptres
Ceroptres clavicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Subfamily:	Cynipinae
Tribe:	Ceroptresini
Genus:	Ceroptres Hartig, 1840

Ceroptres is a genus of gall wasp. Most of its species are found in North America, and most are inquilines, meaning it oviposits its eggs in a host gall. These host galls are mostly induced by other gall wasps, but some species of Ceroptres use the galls of gall midges. ^[1]

Species

Ceroptres contains at least 43 species, including: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Ceroptres anansii Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Anansi ^[1]
• Ceroptres anzui Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Anzû ^[1]
• Ceroptres bruti Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Brutus ^[1]
• Ceroptres catesbaei Ashmead, 1885
• Ceroptres clavicornis Hartig, 1840
• Ceroptres confertus (McCracken & Egbert, 1922)
• Ceroptres cornigera Melika & Buss, 2002
• Ceroptres curupira Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Curupira ^[1]
• Ceroptres daleki Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for daleks from Doctor Who ^[4]
• Ceroptres dandoi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Edward Dando ^[1]
• Ceroptres demerzelae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Demerzel ^[1]
• Ceroptres ensiger (Walsh, 1864)
• Ceroptres frondosae Ashmead, 1896
• Ceroptres iktomii Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Iktomi ^[1]
• Ceroptres jabbai Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars ^[4]
• Ceroptres jarethi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Jareth from Labyrinth ^[4]
• Ceroptres junquerasi Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
• Ceroptres lanigerae Ashmead, 1885
• Ceroptres lenis Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
• Ceroptres lokii Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Loki ^[1]
• Ceroptres lupini Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Arsène Lupin ^[1]
• Ceroptres mallowi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Hober Mallow ^[1]
• Ceroptres mexicanus Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
• Ceroptres minutissimi Ashmead, 1885
• Ceroptres montensis Weld, 1957
• Ceroptres nigricrus Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
• Ceroptres petiolicola (Osten Sacken, 1861)
• Ceroptres pisum (Osten Sacken, 1861)
• Ceroptres promethei Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Prometheus ^[4]
• Ceroptres quadratifacies Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
• Ceroptres rufiventris Ashmead, 1896
• Ceroptres sandiegoae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Carmen Sandiego ^[1]
• Ceroptres selinae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Selina Kyle ^[1]
• Ceroptres snellingi Lyon, 1996
• Ceroptres soloi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Han Solo ^[1]
• Ceroptres songae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for River Song ^[1]
• Ceroptres swiperi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Swiper from Dora the Explorer ^[1]
• Ceroptres thrymi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Thrym ^[1]
• Ceroptres tikoloshei Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Tikoloshe ^[1]
• Ceroptres zorroi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
  • Named for Zorro ^[1]

References

1. Nastasi, Louis F.; Smith, Cecil N.; Davis, Charles K.; Ward, Anna K.G.; Brown, Guerin; Zhang, Y. Miles; Rollins, Shannon; Friesen, Chris; Tribull, Carly M.; Forbes, Andrew A.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-09-17). "One must imagine Sisyphus happy: Integrative taxonomic characterization of 22 new Ceroptres species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini)" . Zootaxa. 5508 (1): 1–63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5508.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   39646600.
2. Lobato-Vila, Irene; Pujade-Villar, Juli (2019-10-11). "Revision of world Ceroptresini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with the description of a new genus and five new species" . Zootaxa. 4685 (1): 1–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4685.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   31719371.
3. Nastasi, Louis F.; Buffington, Matthew L.; Davis, Charles K.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-03-25). "Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)". ZooKeys (1196): 177–207. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1196..177N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   10985401 . PMID   38566620.
4. Funnell, Rachael (2024-09-18). "Jabba The Hutt Wasp Among 22 New Species Of Parasitic Gall Raiders". IFLScience. Retrieved 2024-10-10.

External links

• Meet the Gall Wasp Named After a Star Wars Crime Lord | Entomology video by Penn State University