''Cynips'' is a genus of
gall wasp
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 ...
s in the tribe
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.Melika, G., et al. (2013)A new genus of oak gallwasp, ''Cyclocynips'' Melika, Tang & Sin ...
, 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 tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...
leaves.
As of 2008, there are about 39 species in this genus.
Some authors have included ''
Antron'' in ''Cynips'' but it was recently resurrected as a distinct genus.
Species
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Cynips agama
''Cynips'' is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, 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 ...
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Cynips caputmedusae
''Cynips'' is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, 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 ...
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Cynips conspicua'' – fuzzy gall wasp
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Cynips cornifex''
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Cynips disticha
''Cynips'' is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, 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 ...
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Cynips divisa'' – red-pea gall
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Cynips douglasii
''Cynips douglasii'', the spined turbaned gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. It induces galls in valley oaks, blue oak
''Quercus douglasii'', known as blue oak, is a species of oak endemic to (and found only in) ...
'' – spined turbaned gall wasp
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Cynips fusca''
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Cynips izzetbaysali''
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Cynips longiventris
''Cynips longiventris'' is a species of gall wasp 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 th ...
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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'' is a gall wasp species in the genus '' Cynips''. The species is important for the production of commercial nutgall formed on ''Quercus lusitanica
''Quercus lusitanica'', commonly known as gall oak, Lusitanian oak, or dy ...
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Cynips schlechtendali''
Former species
The wasp formerly named ''Cynips saltatorius'' is now named ''
Neuroterus saltatorius''.
[
W.P. Armstrong]
"California's Amazing Jumping Galls"
1997.
References
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera genera
Gall-inducing insects
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