| Philonix | |
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| Gall caused by Philonix gigas larva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Philonix Fitch, 1859 |
Philonix is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. [1] [2] Species in this genus are only known from Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [2] The larvae of Philonix wasps induce galls on white oaks that are typically spherical, soft and fleshy. [2] Galls are usually formed on the underside of leaves. [2] Adult wasps are similar in appearance to species in the genus Acraspis . [2] Many gall wasps have alternate sexual and asexual generations, but this has not been documented in Philonix. [2]
The genus was first named and described by Asa Fitch in 1859. [1] [3]
The following species are recognised in the genus Philonix: [4]
- P. fulvicollis Fitch, 1859
- P. gigas Weld, 1922
- P. insulensis (Kinsey, 1936)
- P. lanaeglobuli (Ashmead, 1887)
- P. latigenae (Kinsey, 1936)
