''Phylloteras'' is a
North American
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genus
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of
gall wasps
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 genera ...
in the
family
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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 they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this genera ...
,
tribe
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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 & Sinc ...
(oak gall wasps).
Species
There are at least 4 described species in ''Phylloteras'',
possibly 11 total.
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Phylloteras cupella
''Phylloteras cupella'', formerly ''Trigonaspis cupella'', also known as the urn gall wasp or the banded urn gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces leaf galls on a number of oak species in western North America. Host species includ ...
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Weld)—urn gall wasp
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Phylloteras poculum
''Phylloteras'' is a North America, North American genus of gall wasp, gall wasps in the family (biology), family Cynipidae,
Tribe (biology), tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps).
Species
There are at least 4 described species in ''Phylloteras'',
p ...
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(Osten-Sacken
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History
The origins of the family are traced to 14th century. In 16 ...
, 1862)
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Phylloteras sigma
''Phylloteras'' is a North American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae,
tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps).
Species
There are at least 4 described species in ''Phylloteras'',
possibly 11 total.
* ''Phylloteras cupella'' ( Weld)—urn ...
'' (
Weld)
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Phylloteras volutellae
''Phylloteras volutellae'', the conical oak gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp (family Cynipidae),
tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps),
found in North America.
Larvae induce galls on the leaves of white oaks, including bur oak (''Quecus macroca ...
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Ashmead, 1897—conical oak gall wasp
References
Further reading
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External links
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera genera
Gall-inducing insects
Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead
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