Paracraspis

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Paracraspis
Intermediate Oak Disc Wasp Paracraspis guadaloupensis by chilipossum 2022.jpg
Galls induced by Paracraspis guadaloupensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Paracraspis
Weld, 1952 [1]
Type species
Callirhytis guadaloupensis
Fullaway, 1911

Paracraspis is a genus of oak gall wasps in the Nearctic. It was established by Lewis Hart Weld in 1952, [2] then re-established in 2021. [3]

Species

The following species are grouped into Paracraspis: [3]

References

  1. "Paracraspis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. Weld, Lewis H. (1952). "New American cynipid wasps from galls". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 102 (3304): 315–342 [324]. doi: 10.5479/si.00963801.102-3304.315 .
  3. 1 2 Melika, George; Pujade-Villar, Juli; Nicholls, James A.; Cuesta-Porta, Victor; Cooke-McEwen, Crystal & Stone, Graham N. (28 June 2021). "Three new Nearctic genera of oak cynipid gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini): Burnettweldia Pujade-Villar, Melika & Nicholls, Nichollsiella Melika, Pujade-Villar & Stone, Disholandricus Melika, Pujade-Villar & Nicholls; and re-establishment of the genus Paracraspis Weld" . Zootaxa. 4993 (1): 1–81. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4993.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   34186821.