Biology:Atrusca brevipennata
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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp
| Atrusca brevipennata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Atrusca |
| Species: | A. brevipennata
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| Binomial name | |
| Atrusca brevipennata (Kinsey, 1920)
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Andricus pellucidus | |
Atrusca brevipennata, formerly Andricus pellucidus, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a locally common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America.[1] The wasp oviposits on shrub live oak and Gambel oak leaves.[1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers.[1] This wasp is most commonly observed in the American Southwest, as far north as Denver.[2] It is visually similar to, and may be confused with, Atrusca bella.[1]
Atrusca brevipennata was first studied and introduced to the scientific community by American biologist and sexologist Alfred Kinsey.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 194. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html.
- ↑ "Atrusca brevipennata" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1231253-Atrusca-brevipennata.
- ↑ Yudell, Michael (July 1, 1999). "Kinsey's Other Report". Natural History 108 (6). ISSN 0028-0712. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_6_108/ai_55127889.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q123193427 entry
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