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Cynips
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Cynips is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, the oak gall wasps. One of the best known is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), which induces characteristic spherical galls about two centimeters wide on the undersides of oak leaves.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyCynipidae
Observations recorded47,824
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 409
- With media
- 76
- Family
- Cynipidae
- Collections
- FMNH, UMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
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- taxon name
- Cynips
- topic's main category
- Category:Cynips
- taxon common name
- šiškarica
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Cynips is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, the oak gall wasps. One of the best known is the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii), which induces characteristic spherical galls about two centimeters wide on the undersides of oak leaves.
As of 2008, there are about 39 species in this genus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cynips” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.