Biology:Besbicus multipunctatus
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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp
| Besbicus multipunctatus | |
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| San Luis Obispo County, California, 2019 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Besbicus |
| Species: | B. multipunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Besbicus multipunctatus (Kinsey, 1929)
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Besbicus multipunctatus, formerly Cynips multipunctatus, also known as the gray midrib gall wasp, is a common species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on oak trees on the west coast of North America.[1] The wasp oviposits on the midrib of the underside of blue oak leaves.[1] The galls induced by this wasp are solid, except for the large central larval chamber, and are detachable.[1] This wasp is found primarily, but not exclusively, in California.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 125. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html.
- ↑ "Gray Midrib Gall Wasp (Cynips multipunctata)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/746846-Cynips-multipunctata.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q111031792 entry
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