Dryocosmus | |
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Dryocosmus kuriphilus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Tribe: | Cynipini |
Genus: | Dryocosmus Giraud, 1859 |
Dryocosmus are a genus of gall wasps. They are cyclically parthenogenetic insects that induce galls on plants in the family Fagaceae.
According to recent studies, the genus includes some species previously considered as belonging to the genus Chilaspis , whereas Dryocosmus favus should be excluded of the genus. Dryocosmus and Chilaspis are closely related to the other oak gall wasp taxa ( Aphelonyx , Plagiotrochus , Pseudoneuroterus , Trichagalma , and some Neuroterus species) [1]
Dryocosmus kuriphilus is an invasive species in Europe [2] and North America (originating from Asia) that endangers the chestnut trees. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Neuroterus is a genus of gall wasps. Some species produce galls that fall off the host plant and jump along the ground due to the movement of the larvae within.
Cynips is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, the oak gall wasps. One of the best known is the common oak gall wasp, which induces characteristic spherical galls about two centimeters wide on the undersides of oak leaves.
Andricus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, tribe Cynipini.
Cynipini is a tribe of gall wasps. These insects induce galls in plants of the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. They are known commonly as the oak gall wasps. It is the largest cynipid tribe, with about 936 to 1000 recognized species, most of which are associated with oaks. The tribe is mainly native to the Holarctic. Cynipini wasps can act as ecosystem engineers. Their galls can become hosts of inquilines, and the wasps themselves are hosts to parasitoids.
Dryocosmus jungalii is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae whose life cycle involves only Palaearctic oaks, Quercus subgen. Quercus, in the section Cerris.
Trichagalma formosana is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae whose life cycle involves only Palaearctic oaks, Quercus subgen. Quercus, in the section Cerris. It is endemic to Taiwan.
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.
Aphelonyx is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, comprising three known species:
Atrusca is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. It consists of approximately 50 species, and is found in North and Central America.
Bassettia is a genus of gall wasps found in North America.
Amphibolips gainesi is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae.
Amphibolips is an American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about 52 described species in Amphibolips.
Heteroecus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about seven described species in Heteroecus.
Belonocnema is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are three described species: B. treatae, B. fossoria and B. kinseyi. These species are only known from Texas east to Florida in the United States.
Callirhytis is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 90 described species in Callirhytis.
Philonix is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. Species in this genus are only known from Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The larvae of Philonix wasps induce galls on white oaks that are typically spherical, soft and fleshy. Galls are usually formed on the underside of leaves. Adult wasps are similar in appearance to species in the genus Acraspis. Many gall wasps have alternate sexual and asexual generations, but this has not been documented in Philonix.
Phylloteras is a North American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, tribe Cynipini .
Acraspis macrocarpae, the jewel oak gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae, tribe Cynipini , found in North America.
Antron is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, the oak gall wasps. Some authors have included it within the genus Cynips but it was recently resurrected. The genus was established by Alfred Kinsey in 1930.