Druon (wasp)

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Druon
Druon ignotum-galls.jpg
D. ignotum galls
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Druon
Kinsey, 1937
Type species
Druon protagion
Kinsey, 1937

Druon is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. Druon used to be belong to the genus Andricus but has been since separated thanks to molecular evidence. [1]

Species

The type species is Druon protagion . [1] Recognised species include: [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Víctor Cuesta-Porta; George Melika; James A. Nicholls; Graham N. Stone; Juli Pujade-Villar (2022). "Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Druon Kinsey,1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with description of five new species". Zootaxa . 5132 (1): 1–92. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5132.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   36101114. Wikidata   Q113019861.
  2. Y. Miles Zhang; Kimberlie Sasan; R.J. O'Kennon; Adam J. Kranz (2022). "Discovery through iNaturalist: new species and new records of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Texas, USA". Zootaxa . 5168 (1): 63–74. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5168.1.5. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   36101300. Wikidata   Q113325963.
  3. Zhang, Y. Miles; Sasan, Kimberlie; O’Kennon, Robert J.; Kranz, Adam J. (2022-07-20). "Discovery through iNaturalist: new species and new records of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Texas, USA" . Zootaxa. 5168 (1): 63–74. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.5. ISSN   1175-5334.