Biology:Heteroecus
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Short description: Genus of wasps
| Heteroecus | |
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| Heteroecus pacificus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Heteroecus Kinsey, 1922 |
Heteroecus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about seven described species in the genus Heteroecus.[1][2][3]
Species
These seven species belong to the genus Heteroecus:
- Heteroecus crescentus (Lyon)
- Heteroecus dasydactyli (Ashmead, 1896) - woolly gall wasp
- Heteroecus devorus (Lyon)
- Heteroecus lyoni - Lyon's gall wasp
- Heteroecus melanoderma Kinsey, 1922 - golden gall wasp
- Heteroecus pacificus (Ashmead, 1896) - beaked spindle gall wasp
- Heteroecus sanctaeclarae - mushroom gall wasp
References
Further reading
- Melika, G.; Abrahamson, W. G. (2002). Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini Latreille, 1802). Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. Angroinform. pp. 150–190. ISBN 978-963-502-765-1.
- Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- Ronquist, Fredrik (1999). "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea". Zoologica Scripta 28 (1–2): 139–164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q18100311 entry
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