Cynips
Genus of wasps / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cynips is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, the oak gall wasps. One of the best known is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), which induces characteristic spherical galls about two centimeters wide on the undersides of oak leaves.
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Cynips | |
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Cynips longiventris parthenogenetic generation gall | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Tribe: | Cynipini |
Genus: | Cynips Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
about 39, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Besbicus |
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As of 2008, there are about 39 species in this genus.[1]
Some authors have included Antron in Cynips but it was recently resurrected as a distinct genus.[2]