''Cynips'' is a genus of
gall wasp
Gall wasps, also 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 1,300 species of this gene ...
s in the tribe
Cynipini
Cynipini is a tribe (biology), tribe of gall wasps. These insects induce galls in plants of the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. They are known commonly as the oak gall wasps.Melika, G., et al. (2013)A new genus of oak gallwasp, ''Cyclocynips'' Me ...
, 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
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
leaves.
As of 2008, there are about 39 species in this genus.
Some authors have included ''
Antron
Antron () or Antrones (Ἀντρῶνες)Demosthenes ''Phil.'' iv. p. 133, Reiske. was a town and polis (city-state) of ancient Thessaly in the district Achaea Phthiotis, at the entrance of the Maliac Gulf, and opposite Oreus in Euboea. It is m ...
'' in ''Cynips'' but it was recently resurrected as a distinct genus.
Species
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Cynips agama''
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Cynips caputmedusae''
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Cynips conspicua'' – fuzzy gall wasp
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Cynips cornifex''
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Cynips disticha''
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Cynips divisa'' – red-pea gall
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Cynips douglasii'' – spined turbaned gall wasp
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Cynips fusca''
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Cynips izzetbaysali''
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Cynips longiventris''
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Cynips mirabilis'' – speckled gall wasp
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Cynips multipunctata'' – gray midrib gall wasp
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Cynips quercusechinus'' – urchin gall wasp
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Cynips quercusfolii
''Cynips quercusfolii'', also known as the cherry gall wasp, is a gall wasp species in the genus '' Cynips and family Cynipidae''. The species is important for the production of commercial nutgall formed on ''Quercus lusitanica'' (the gall oak).
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Cynips schlechtendali''
Former species
The wasp formerly named ''Cynips saltatorius'' is now named ''
Neuroterus saltatorius''.
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"California's Amazing Jumping Galls"
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References
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera genera
Gall-inducing insects
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