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| Heteroecus | |
|---|---|
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| Heteroecus pacificus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Heteroecus Kinsey, 1922 |
Heteroecus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about seven described species in the genus Heteroecus.[1][2][3] They are only found on oaks (Quercus) of the section Protobalanus.[4]
Species
[edit]These seven species belong to the genus Heteroecus:
- Heteroecus crescentus (Lyon)
- Heteroecus dasydactyli (Ashmead, 1896) – woolly gall wasp
- Heteroecus devorus (Lyon)
- Heteroecus lyoni – Lyon's gall wasp
- Heteroecus melanoderma Kinsey, 1922 – golden gall wasp
- Heteroecus pacificus (Ashmead, 1896) – beaked spindle gall wasp
- Heteroecus sanctaeclarae – mushroom gall wasp
References
[edit]- ↑ "Heteroecus Kinsey, 1922". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Heteroecus Kinsey, 1922". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Heteroecus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Zimmerman, James R. (2018). "A synopsis of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the Southwestern United States with a key and comments on each of the genera". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 91 (1): 58. doi:10.2317/0022-8567-91.1.58.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 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.
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