Cynips
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Common oak gall wasp ( Cynips quercusfolii ) |
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| Linnaeus , 1758 |
Cynips is the name of a species from the family of gall wasps (Cynipidae). The species of this genus live forming gall on the underside of oak leaves . In turn, they are attacked by parasites , which can lay their eggs through the walls of the Cynips wasps' plant housing. In 1930 Alfred Charles Kinsey publisheda monograph on the genusunder the title The Gall Wasp Genus Cynips: A Study in the Origin of Species . Except for the Baltic States , Belarus , Russia and a few other smaller areas, the genus isrepresentedthroughout Europe .
morphology
Cynips species have a thick, humped thorax and a short stalked abdomen . The lower wings of the animals are not veined. The sensors consist of 14 to 15 segments .
species
The following species occur in Europe:
- Cynips agama
- Cynips cornifex
- Cynips disticha
- Cynips divisa
- Cynips fusca
- Striped oak gall wasp ( Cynips longiventris )
- Cynips quercus
- Common oak gall wasp ( Cynips quercifolii )
- Cynips badendali
swell
- Georg Ludwig Hartig, Theodor Hartig - Forest and Forest Science Conversations Lexicon , 1834
- Fauna Europaea
