Grahamstoneia

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Grahamstoneia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Grahamstoneia
Melika & Nicholls, 2021
Species:
G. humboldti
Binomial name
Grahamstoneia humboldti
Melika & Nicholls, 2021

Grahamstoneia is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. [1] The genus is monotypic, with the singular species Grahamstoneia humboldti. [2] [1]

Grahamstoneia is named after cynipidologist and entomologist Graham Stone. [1]

The genus occurs in the southwestern Nearctic and induces galls on Quercus vacciniifolia and Quercus chrysolepis . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Melika, George; Nicholls, James A. (2021-07-14). "A new genus of Nearctic oak gall wasp, Grahamstoneia Melika & Nicholls, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 4999 (5): 456–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4999.5.4. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   34811334.
  2. Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2023), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39OMEI , retrieved 2025-12-17