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Oak Gall Wasps
Cynipini
Cynipini is a 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.
It is the largest cynipid tribe, with 62 genera and ~1000 recognized species, most of which are associated with oaks. The tribe is mainly native to the Holarctic, with ~680 known species in the Nearctic region.
60 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Andricus
genusAndricus
Amphibolips
genusAmphibolips
Neuroterus
genusNeuroterus
Callirhytis
genusCallirhytis
Disholcaspis
genusDisholcaspis
Feron
genusFeron
Cynips
genusCynips
Dryocosmus
genusDryocosmus
Druon
genusDruon
Acraspis
genusAcraspis
Antron
genusAntron
Biorhiza
genusBiorhiza
Burnettweldia
genusBurnettweldia
Kokkocynips
genusKokkocynips
Heteroecus
genusHeteroecus
Besbicus
genusBesbicus
Belonocnema
genusBelonocnema
Phylloteras
genusPhylloteras
Philonix
genusPhilonix
Atrusca
genusAtrusca
Melikaiella
genusMelikaiella
Xanthoteras
genusXanthoteras
Plagiotrochus
genusPlagiotrochus
Zapatella
genusZapatella
Zopheroteras
genusZopheroteras
Trigonaspis
genusTrigonaspis
Disholandricus
genusDisholandricus
Bassettia
genusBassettia
Protobalandricus
genusProtobalandricus
Aphelonyx
genusAphelonyx
Chrysolepicynips
genusChrysolepicynips
Striatoandricus
genusStriatoandricus
Paracraspis
genusParacraspis
Pseudoneuroterus
genusPseudoneuroterus
Cerroneuroterus
genusCerroneuroterus
Nubilantron
genusNubilantron
Trichagalma
genusTrichagalma
Loxaulus
genusLoxaulus
Odontocynips
genusOdontocynips
Sphaeroteras
genusSphaeroteras
Kinseyella
genusKinseyella
Chilaspis
genusChilaspis
Holocynips
genusHolocynips
Dros
genusDros
Grahamstoneia
genusGrahamstoneia
Nichollsiella
genusNichollsiella
Eumayria
genusEumayria
Latuspina
genusLatuspina
Trichoteras
genusTrichoteras
Femuros
genusFemuros
Heocynips
genusHeocynips
Cycloneuroterus
genusCycloneuroterus
Erythres
genusErythres
Eumayriella
genusEumayriella
Coffeikokkos
genusCoffeikokkos
Barucynips
genusBarucynips
Cyclocynips
genusCyclocynips
Neuroandricus
genusNeuroandricus
Belizinella
genusBelizinella
Reticulodermis
genusReticulodermis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Cynipini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 205775.