Ufo abei

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Ufo abei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Ufo
Species:
U. abei
Binomial name
Ufo abei
Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2005

Ufo abei is a species of gall wasp in the genus Ufo. It was first discovered in Japan and is inquiline on oak galls produced by other cynipid wasps. [1] [2] It is the type species of its genus. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Melika, G.; Ros-Farré, P.; Pénzes, Z.; Ács, Z; Pujade-Villar, J. (2005). "Ufo abei Melika et Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) new genus and new species from Japan" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae . 51 (4): 313–327. ISSN   2064-2474.
  2. 1 2 Melika, George; Tang, Chang-Ti; Yang, Man-Miao; Bihari, Péter; Bozsó, Miklós; Pénzes, Zsolt (2012). "New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Ufo Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2005 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini)". Zootaxa . 3478 (1): 313–327. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3478.1.17. ISSN   1175-5326 via ResearchGate.