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Besbicus
Besbicus is a genus of gall-inducing cynipid wasp found in North America. Several species now classed as Besbicus were formerly considered to be a part of the genus Cynips. Besbicus was originally described as a subgenus by Alfred Kinsey in 1929. Circa 2010, one group of entomologists noted that it was "possible that the nearctic genera Antron and Besbicus were erroneously synonymized to Cynips". The genus was formally re-established in 2026.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Speckled Gall Wasp
speciesBesbicus mirabilis
Fuzzy Gall Wasp
speciesBesbicus conspicuus
Gray Midrib Gall Wasp
speciesBesbicus multipunctatus
Pear Gall Wasp
speciesBesbicus maculosus
Besbicus heldae
speciesBesbicus heldae
Besbicus indictus
speciesBesbicus indictus
Besbicus leachii
speciesBesbicus leachii
Besbicus tritior
speciesBesbicus tritior
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1699294.