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.[1] The galls fall with the leaves in autumn, and the larvae inside of them emerge as adults in the spring.[2]
| Urchin gall wasp | |
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| Gall formed by Cynips quercusechinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Cynips |
| Species: | C. quercusechinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynips quercusechinus Osten Sacken, 1870 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Antron quercusechinus | |
This species was first described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1870 based on specimens from California.[3]
References
- "Species Cynips quercusechinus - Urchin Gall Wasp". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- Russo, Ron. "Bay Nature Magazine: Otherworldly Growths on Oaks are the Sign of Galls". Bay Nature. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- Osten-Sacken, Carl Robert (1870). "Contributions to the natural history of the Cynipidae of the United State [sic] and their galls". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 3: 54–64.
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