''Striatoandricus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bi ...
gall wasps (Cynipidae).
There are six described species, four of which were formerly included in ''
Andricus
''Andricus'' is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae.
Life cycle
As in all Hymenoptera, sex-determination in species of the genus ''Andricus'' is governed by haplodiploidy: males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, ...
''.
All species induce galls on
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 ...
s in which their larvae live and feed.
References
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera genera
Taxa named by Juli Pujade-Villar
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