Phylloteras

Phylloteras
P. volutellae galls on bur oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Tribe:	Cynipini
Genus:	Phylloteras Ashmead, 1897
Synonyms
Xystoteras

Phylloteras is a North American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, ^[1] tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps). ^[2]

Species

There are at least 4 described species in Phylloteras, ^[3] possibly 11 total. ^[4]

• Phylloteras cupella ( Weld )—urn gall wasp
• Phylloteras poculum (Osten-Sacken, 1862)
• Phylloteras sigma ( Weld )
• Phylloteras volutellae Ashmead, 1897—conical oak gall wasp

References

1. Weld, Lewis H. (1959). "Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States". The Canadian Entomologist. The Entomological Society of Washington. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
2. "Phylloteras Ashmead, 1897". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
3. "Genus Phylloteras". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
4. "Genus Phylloteras". Gallformers. Retrieved 2021-09-12.

Further reading

• Melika, G.; Abrahamson, W. G. (2002). Melika, G.; Thuroczy, C. (eds.). Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini Latreille, 1802). Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. Angroinform. pp. 150–190. ISBN   978-963-502-765-1.
• Ronquist, Fredrik (1999). "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 28 (1–2): 139–164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x. S2CID   86539477.
• Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.