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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Biorhiza''
| image = Biorhiza pallida male.jpg
| image_caption = Male ''[[Biorhiza pallida]]''. The wings would be folded over the abdomen in life
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Hymenoptera]]
| familia = [[Gall wasp|Cynipidae]]
| genus = '''''Biorhiza'''''
| genus_authority = Westwood, 1840
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = <center>See text</center>
}}

'''''Biorhiza''''' is a genus of [[gall wasp]] in the family Cynipidae in the tribe Cynipini: the oak gall wasp tribe. Cynipini is the tribe partially responsible for the formation of [[gall]]s known as [[oak apple]]s on [[Quercus|oak trees]]. These are formed after the wasp lays eggs inside the leaf buds and the plant tissues swell as the larvae of the gall wasp develop inside.

==Species==
The genus includes the following species:
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eol.org/pages/42559/overview |title=''Biorhiza'' |author= |date= |work=Encyclopedia of Life |publisher= |accessdate=2014-11-13}}</ref>

* ''[[Biorhiza mellea]]<small> Ashmead, 1887</small>
* ''[[Biorhiza pallida]]<small> (Olivier 1791)</small>

==References==
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[[Category:Cynipidae]]

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Biorhiza
Male Biorhiza pallida. The wings would be folded over the abdomen in life
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Biorhiza

Westwood, 1840
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Biorhiza is a genus of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae in the tribe Cynipini: the oak gall wasp tribe. Cynipini is the tribe partially responsible for the formation of galls known as oak apples on oak trees. These are formed after the wasp lays eggs inside the leaf buds and the plant tissues swell as the larvae of the gall wasp develop inside.

Species

The genus includes the following species: [1]

References

  1. ^ "Biorhiza". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2014-11-13.