''Aphelonyx'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
oak gall wasps in the family
Cynipidae
Gall wasps, also incorrectly 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 gener ...
, comprising three known species:
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Aphelonyx cerricola
''Aphelonyx'' is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae
Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they indu ...
'' (
Giraud, 1859)
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Aphelonyx kordestanica
''Aphelonyx kordestanica'' is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae whose life cycle involves only Palaearctic oaks, '' Quercus'' subgen. ''Quercus'', in the section Cerris.
References
Further reading
*Mutun, Serap, et al. "Four new ...
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Melika, 2010
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Aphelonyx persica
''Aphelonyx'' is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, comprising three known species:
*''Aphelonyx cerricola'' (Giraud, 1859)
*''Aphelonyx kordestanica
''Aphelonyx kordestanica'' is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipid ...
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Melika, Stone, Sadeghi & Pujade-Villar, 2004
References
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera genera
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