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''Mikeius grandawi'' is a species of wasp found in Australia. Species of ''
Mikeius ''Mikeius'' is a genus of wasps found in Australia. Species of ''Mikeius'' are thought to be associated with hosts that induce galls on '' Acacia'' and ''Eucalyptus'' species. The genus and six species were first described in 2008. In 2011, se ...
'' are thought to be associated with
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that induce
gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
s on ''
Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'' and '' Eucalyptus'' species.


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Further reading

*Paretas-Martínez, Jordi, et al. "Systematics of Australian Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) with descriptions of Mikeiinae, new subfamily, two new genera, and three new species." ZooKeys 108 (2011): 21. Cynipoidea {{Wasp-stub