Heteroecus

Heteroecus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about seven described species in the genus Heteroecus.[1][2][3]

Heteroecus
Heteroecus pacificus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Heteroecus
Kinsey, 1922

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. "Heteroecus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Heteroecus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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. 150โ€“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 (1โ€“2): 139โ€“164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x.


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