Cynips
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Cynips is a genus of gall wasp
s. One of the best known of these oak gall wasps is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), which induces characteristic two-centimeter in diameter, spherical galls on the underside of oak leaves.
Gall wasp
Gall wasps , also called Gallflies, are a family of the order Hymenoptera and are classified with the Apocrita suborder of wasps in the superfamily Cynipoidea...
s. One of the best known of these oak gall wasps is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), which induces characteristic two-centimeter in diameter, spherical galls on the underside of oak leaves.
Species
- Cynips agama
- Cynips caputmedusae
- Cynips cornifex
- Cynips disticha
- Cynips divisa, the red-pea gall
- Cynips fusca
- Cynips longiventris
- Cynips quercus
- Cynips quercusfoliiCynips quercusfoliiCynips quercusfolii is a gall wasp species in the genus Cynips. The species is important for the production of commercial nutgall formed on Quercus lusitanica ....
- Cynips schlechtendali