Xanthoteras

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Xanthoteras
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Xanthoteras
Ashmead, 1897

Xanthoteras is a genus of gall-inducing cynipid wasp that was first organized by William Harris Ashmead. [1] Species include the ball-tipped gall wasp, which was previously included in the genus Trigonapsis . [2]

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References

  1. "Genus Xanthoteras". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 122–123. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN   978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN   2020949502.