Biology:Belonocnema treatae

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Short description: Species of wasp

Belonocnema treatae
Belonocnema treatae galls.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Belonocnema
Species:
B. treatae
Binomial name
Belonocnema treatae
Ashmead 1881
Synonyms

Dryorhizoxenus floridanus Ashmead, 1881[1] Belonocnema kinseyi (Weld 1921) [2]

Belonocnema treatae is a species of gall-forming wasp found on the roots of Quercus fusiformis[2],Quercus virginiana and Quercus geminata. [1] It was named in honor of Mary Treat, who first collected galls formed by the species in Green Cove Spring, Florida, in 1881.[1] The species has both sexual and asexual generations. It is native to the Southeastern United States.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zhang, Y Miles; Egan, Scott P; Driscoe, Amanda L; Ott, James R (29 November 2021). "One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved: Belonocnema (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (4): 1234–1255. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab001. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Forbes, Andrew A.; Hall, M. Carmen; Lund, JoAnne; Hood, Glen R.; Izen, Rebecca; Egan, Scott P.; Ott, James R. (January 2016). "Parasitoids, Hyperparasitoids, and Inquilines Associated With the Sexual and Asexual Generations of the Gall Former, Belonocnema treatae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109 (1): 49–63. doi:10.1093/aesa/sav112. 
  3. "Belonocnema treatae (sexgen)". https://www.gallformers.org/gall/1336. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14497549 entry