Biology:Heteroecus

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Heteroecus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about seven described species in the genus Heteroecus.[1][2][3] They are only found on oaks (Quercus) of the section Protobalanus.[4]

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

  1. ITIS
  2. "Heteroecus Kinsey, 1922". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/1309636. 
  3. Zimmerman, James R. (2018). "A synopsis of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the Southwestern United States with a key and comments on each of the genera". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 91 (1): 58. doi:10.2317/0022-8567-91.1.58. 

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