''Aphelonyx'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
oak gall wasps in the family
Cynipidae
Gall wasps, also wikt:gallfly#Usage notes, traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1 ...
, comprising three known species:
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Aphelonyx cerricola
''Aphelonyx cerricola'' is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae which is native to Europe and Western Asia from Austria to Iran, and is an introduced species in Great Britain. Only the asexual generation is known, which induces galls on '' ...
'' (
Giraud, 1859)
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Aphelonyx kordestanica''
Melika, 2010
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Aphelonyx persica''
Melika, Stone, Sadeghi & Pujade-Villar, 2004
References
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera genera
Taxa named by Gustav Mayr
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