''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 Antron ( grc, Ἀντρών) 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 ''Cynips'' but it was recently resurrected as a distinct genus.

Species

* ''

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 ...

'' * ''

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 ...

'' *'' Cynips conspicua'' – fuzzy gall wasp * '' Cynips cornifex'' * ''

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 ...

'' * '' Cynips divisa'' – red-pea gall *''

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 * '' Cynips fusca'' *'' Cynips izzetbaysali'' * ''

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 ...

'' *''

Cynips mirabilis ''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 ...

'' – speckled gall wasp *''

Cynips multipunctata ''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 ...

'' – gray midrib gall wasp * ''

Cynips quercusechinus ''Cynips quercusechinus'', the urchin gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. It induces its galls, which resemble sea urchins, on the leaves of oak trees. These galls are about 10mm in diameter. The galls fall with the le ...

'' – urchin gall wasp * ''

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 ...

'' * ''

Cynips schlechtendali ''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 ...

Former species

The wasp formerly named ''Cynips saltatorius'' is now named ''

Neuroterus ''Neuroterus'' is a genus of gall wasps that induce galls on oaks in which the wasp larvae live and feed. Some species produce galls that fall off the host plant and 'jump' along the ground due to the movement of the larvae within. ''Neuroteru ...

saltatorius''. W.P. Armstrong
"California's Amazing Jumping Galls"
1997.

References

Cynipidae Hymenoptera genera Gall-inducing insects {{Apocrita-stub