Ceroptres
| Ceroptres | |
|---|---|
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| Ceroptres clavicornis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
| Tribe: | Ceroptresini |
| Genus: | Ceroptres Hartig, 1840 |
Ceroptres is a genus of gall wasp. Most of its species are found in North America, and most are inquilines, meaning it oviposits its eggs in a host gall. These host galls are mostly induced by other gall wasps, but some species of Ceroptres use the galls of gall midges.[1]
Species
[edit]Ceroptres contains at least 43 species, including:[1][2][3]
- Ceroptres anansii Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres anzui Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres bruti Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres catesbaei Ashmead, 1885
- Ceroptres clavicornis Hartig, 1840
- Ceroptres confertus (McCracken & Egbert, 1922)
- Ceroptres cornigera Melika & Buss, 2002
- Ceroptres curupira Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres daleki Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for daleks from Doctor Who[4]
- Ceroptres dandoi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Edward Dando[1]
- Ceroptres demerzelae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres ensiger (Walsh, 1864)
- Ceroptres frondosae Ashmead, 1896
- Ceroptres iktomii Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres jabbai Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars[4]
- Ceroptres jarethi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres junquerasi Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
- Ceroptres lanigerae Ashmead, 1885
- Ceroptres lenis Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
- Ceroptres lokii Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres lupini Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Arsène Lupin[1]
- Ceroptres mallowi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Hober Mallow[1]
- Ceroptres mexicanus Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
- Ceroptres minutissimi Ashmead, 1885
- Ceroptres montensis Weld, 1957
- Ceroptres nigricrus Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
- Ceroptres petiolicola (Osten Sacken, 1861)
- Ceroptres pisum (Osten Sacken, 1861)
- Ceroptres promethei Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Prometheus[4]
- Ceroptres quadratifacies Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2019
- Ceroptres rufiventris Ashmead, 1896
- Ceroptres sandiegoae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Carmen Sandiego[1]
- Ceroptres selinae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Selina Kyle[1]
- Ceroptres snellingi Lyon, 1996
- Ceroptres soloi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres songae Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for River Song[1]
- Ceroptres swiperi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Named for Swiper from Dora the Explorer[1]
- Ceroptres thrymi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres tikoloshei Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
- Ceroptres zorroi Nastasi, Smith, & Davis, 2024
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Nastasi, Louis F.; Smith, Cecil N.; Davis, Charles K.; Ward, Anna K.G.; Brown, Guerin; Zhang, Y. Miles; Rollins, Shannon; Friesen, Chris; Tribull, Carly M.; Forbes, Andrew A.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-09-17). "One must imagine Sisyphus happy: Integrative taxonomic characterization of 22 new Ceroptres species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini)". Zootaxa. 5508 (1): 1–63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5508.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 39646600.
- ↑ Lobato-Vila, Irene; Pujade-Villar, Juli (2019-10-11). "Revision of world Ceroptresini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with the description of a new genus and five new species". Zootaxa. 4685 (1): 1–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4685.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31719371.
- ↑ Nastasi, Louis F.; Buffington, Matthew L.; Davis, Charles K.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-03-25). "Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)". ZooKeys (1196): 177–207. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1196..177N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10985401. PMID 38566620.
- 1 2 3 4 Funnell, Rachael (2024-09-18). "Jabba The Hutt Wasp Among 22 New Species Of Parasitic Gall Raiders". IFLScience. Retrieved 2024-10-10.