Periclistus

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Periclistus
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A female Periclistus caninae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Diastrophini
Genus: Periclistus
Förster, 1869
Periclistus in galls observed at Convict Lake, California Periclistus, Photo 561275741.jpg
Periclistus in galls observed at Convict Lake, California

Periclistus is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Diastrophini, formerly included in the tribe Synergini. [1] There are at least 17 described species in Periclistus. [1] [2] Species from this genus are associated with host plants in the rose family, where in a phenomenon called agastoparasitism, they inquiline in the galls of at least four related species, Diastrophus, Diplolepis, Liebelia, and Xestophanes. [2] [3]

Species

Species in the genus Periclistus include the following: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Buffington, Matthew L; Forshage, Mattias; Liljeblad, Johan; Tang, Chang-Ti; Van Noort, Simon (2020). "World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera): a key to higher-level groups". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4 (4): 1.
  2. 1 2 3 van Noort, Simon. "Hymenoptera of the World". WaspWeb. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  3. ↑ Pang, Yin; Liu, Zhiwei; Su, Cheng-Yuan; Zhu, Dao-Hong (2020). "A new species of Periclistus Foerster, 1869 from China and review of the tribe Diastrophini (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae)". ZooKeys. 964.
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