Cynipoidea

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Cynipoidea
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Present
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
Superfamily: Cynipoidea
Families

Austrocynipidae Riek, 1971
Ibaliidae Thomson, 1862
Protimaspidae Liu & Engel, 2007
Stolamissidae Liu & Engel, 2007
Liopteridae Ashmead, 1895
Gerocynipidae Liu & Engel, 2007
Figitidae Thomson, 1962
Cynipidae Latreille, 1802
Paraulacidae Nieves-Aldrey & Liljeblad, 2009
Diplolepididae Latreille, 1802

The Cynipoidea are a moderate-sized hymenopteran superfamily that presently includes seven extant families and three extinct families, though others have been recognized in the past. The most familiar members of the group are phytophagous, especially as gall-formers, though the actual majority of included species are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids. They are typically glossy, dark, smooth wasps with somewhat compressed bodies and somewhat reduced wing venation. It is common for various metasomal segments to be fused in various ways (often diagnostic for families or subfamilies), and the petiole is very short, when present.

With the exception of the Cynipidae (the gall wasps), it is a poorly known group as a whole, though there are nearly 3000 known species in total, and a great many species are still undescribed, mostly in the Figitidae. [1] Each of the constituent families differs in biology, though life histories of one of the families (Liopteridae) are still largely unknown. In July 2020, an identification key for the superfamily was published in the journal Insect Systematics and Diversity, enabling identification to the family level. [2] Several groups formerly included in Cynipidae were elevated to family status in 2023. [3]

Classification

Family Protimaspidae Liu & Engel, 2007
Family Stolamissidae Liu & Engel, 2007
Family Gerocynipidae Liu & Engel, 2007
Family Austrocynipidae Riek, 1971
Family Paraulacidae Nieves-Aldrey & Liljeblad, 2009
Family Diplolepididae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily Diplolepidinae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily Pediaspinae Ashmead, 1903
Family Ibaliidae Thomson, 1862
Subfamily Archaeibaliinae Liu & Engel, 2010
Subfamily Ibaliinae Thomson, 1862
Family Liopteridae Ashmead, 1895
Subfamily Proliopterinae Liu & Engel, 2007
Subfamily Goeraniinae Liu & Engel, 2007
Subfamily Mayrellinae Hedicke, 1922
Subfamily Dallatorrellinae Kieffer, 1911
Subfamily Oberthuerellinae Hedicke, 1903
Subfamily Liopterinae Ashmead, 1895
Family Figitidae Thomson, 1862
Subfamily Rasnicynipinae Kozlov, 1996
Subfamily Palaeocynipinae Kozlov, 1995
Subfamily Charipinae Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910
Subfamily Emargininae Kovalev, 1994
Subfamily Eucoilinae Thomson, 1862
Tribe Diglyphosematini Belizin, 1961
Tribe Eucoilini Thomson, 1862
Tribe Ganaspini Belizin, 1961
Tribe Kleidotomini Hellén, 1960
Tribe Trichoplastini Kovalev, 1989
Tribe Zaeucoilini Buffington, 2009
Subfamily Figitinae Thomson, 1862
Subfamily Mikeiinae Paretas-Martinez & Pujade-Villar, 2011
Subfamily Aspicerinae Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910
Subfamily Anacharitinae Thomson, 1862
Subfamily Pycnostigminae Cameron, 1905
Subfamily Thrasorinae Kovalev, 1994
Subfamily Plectocynipinae Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar, 2007
Subfamily Euceroptresinae Buffington & Liljeblad, 2008
Subfamily Parnipinae Ronquist & Nieves-Aldrey, 2001
Family Cynipidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily Hodiernocynipinae Kovalev, 1994
Subfamily Cynipinae Latreille, 1802
Tribe Aulacideini Nieves-Aldrey & Ronquist, 2015
Tribe Aylacini Ashmead, 1903
Tribe Ceroptresini Nieves-Aldrey, Nylander, & Ronquist, 2015
Tribe Cynipini Latreille, 1802
Tribe Diastrophini Nieves-Aldrey, Nylander, & Ronquist, 2015
Tribe Eschatocerini Ashmead, 1903
Tribe Phanacidini Nieves-Aldrey, Nylander, & Ronquist, 2015
Tribe Qwaqwaiini Liljeblad, Nieves-Aldrey, & Melika, 2011
Tribe Synergini Ashmead, 1896

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References

  1. Mertz, Leslie. "Is That a Gall Wasp? Now You Can Find Out". Entomology Today. Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. Matthew L Buffington; Mattias Forshage; Johan Liljeblad; Chang-Ti Tang; Simon van Noort (1 July 2020). "World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera): A Key to Higher-Level Groups". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4 (4). doi:10.1093/ISD/IXAA003. ISSN   2399-3421. Wikidata   Q119582746.
  3. Jack Hearn; Erik Gobbo; José Luis Nieves-Aldrey; et al. (3 October 2023). "Phylogenomic analysis of protein-coding genes resolves complex gall wasp relationships". Systematic Entomology . doi:10.1111/SYEN.12611. ISSN   0307-6970. Wikidata   Q123440111.