Disholcaspis

Disholcaspis is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 40 species described in the genus Disholcaspis.[1][2][3] Some Disholcaspis species induce galls that produce honeydew, a sweet liquid that attracts yellow jackets, ants, and bees. These insects then protect the galls from parasitic wasps.[4]

Disholcaspis
Adult Disholcaspis quercusmamma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Disholcaspis
Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910

Species

These 42 species belong to the genus Disholcaspis:[5]

  • Disholcaspis acetabula (Weld, 1921)
  • Disholcaspis bassetti (Gillette, 1888)
  • Disholcaspis bettyannae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2011
  • Disholcaspis bisethiae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2011
  • Disholcaspis brevinota Weld, 1921
  • Disholcaspis canescens Weld, 1957 - Round honeydew gall wasp
  • Disholcaspis cinerosa (Bassett, 1881) - Mealy oak gall wasp
  • Disholcaspis colorado Gillette, 1893
  • Disholcaspis costaricensis Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2021
  • Disholcaspis crystalae Pujade-Villar, 2018
  • Disholcaspis edura Weld, 1957
  • Disholcaspis eldoradensis (Beutenmuller, 1909) - Honeydew gall wasp
  • Disholcaspis erugomamma Cooke-McEwen & Gates, 2020
  • Disholcaspis fungiformis Kinsey, 1920
  • Disholcaspis globosa Weld, 1921
  • Disholcaspis insulana Kinsey, 1938
  • Disholcaspis lacuna Weld, 1921
  • Disholcaspis laetae Kinsey, 1937
  • Disholcaspis largior Kinsey, 1938
  • Disholcaspis mamillana Weld, 1957
  • Disholcaspis mellifica Pujade-Villar, 2017
  • Disholcaspis mexicana Weld, 1957
  • Disholcaspis pallens Kinsey, 1938
  • Disholcaspis pattersoni Kinsey, 1922
  • Disholcaspis pedunculoides Weld, 1926
  • Disholcaspis perniciosa (Bassett, 1890)
  • Disholcaspis potosina Kinsey, 1937
  • Disholcaspis prehensa Weld, 1957 - Clasping twig gall wasp
  • Disholcaspis pruniformis Kinsey, 1920
  • Disholcaspis pulla Kinsey, 1937
  • Disholcaspis purlans Kinsey, 1937
  • Disholcaspis purpurea Kinsey, 1937
  • Disholcaspis quercusglobulus (Fitch, 1859) - Round bullet gall wasp
  • Disholcaspis quercusmamma (Walsh, 1869) - Oak rough bulletgall wasp
  • Disholcaspis quercusomnivora Weld, 1959
  • Disholcaspis quercusvirens (Ashmead, 1881)
  • Disholcaspis regina Kinsey, 1937
  • Disholcaspis rubens (Gillette, 1893)
  • Disholcaspis simulata Kinsey, 1922 - Dried peach gall wasp
  • Disholcaspis spissa Weld, 1957
  • Disholcaspis spongiosa Weld, 1926
  • Disholcaspis terrestris Weld

References
  1. "Disholcaspis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Disholcaspis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 52–54. ISBN 0-691-21340-2. OCLC 1239984577.
  4. "Disholcaspis". gallformers.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.

Further reading
  • Melika, G.; Abrahamson, W. G. (2002). Melika, G.; Thuroczy, C. (eds.). 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.


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