Biology:Acraspis guadaloupensis

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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp

Acraspis guadaloupensis
Intermediate Oak Disc Wasp Paracraspis guadaloupensis by chilipossum 2022.jpg
Galls induced by Paracraspis guadaloupensis, Palo Alto, California, 2022
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Acraspis
Species:
A. guadaloupensis
Binomial name
Acraspis guadaloupensis
Fullaway 1911

Acraspis guadaloupensis (also Paracraspis guadaloupensis) is a relatively uncommon species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on intermediate oaks.[1] The intermediate oak disc wasp was first described in 1911 and has been moved between genera more than once.[2] Distribution is limited to California in North America.[3] The flattened galls appear on leaves of Quercus chrysolepis, the canyon live oak (or maul oak).[4]

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Wikidata ☰ Q49558142 entry