Cynips: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Cynipidae
- Genus
- Cynips
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Cynips
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cynips
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.
Some authors have included Antron in Cynips but it was recently resurrected as a distinct genus.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acraspis
- Amphibolips
- Andricus
- Antron
- Aphelonyx
- Atrusca
- Barucynips
- Bassettia
- Belonocnema
- Biorhiza
- Burnettweldia
- Callirhytis
- Cerroneuroterus
- Chilaspis
- Coffeikokkos
- Cyclocynips
- Cycloneuroterus
- Cynips
- Disholandricus
- Disholcaspis
- Dros
- Druon
- Dryocosmus
- Erythres
- Eumayria
- Eumayriella
- Feron
- Grahamstoneia
- Heteroecus
- Holocynips
- Kinseyella
- Kokkocynips
- Latuspina
- Loxaulus
- Melikaiella
- Neuroterus
- Nichollsiella
- Odontocynips
- Paracraspis
- Philonix
- Phylloteras
- Plagiotrochus
- Protobalandricus
- Pseudoneuroterus
- Sphaeroteras
- Striatoandricus
- Trichagalma
- Trichoteras
- Trigonaspis
- Xanthoteras
- Zapatella
- Zopheroteras
Child Taxa
- Cynips acraspiformis
- Cynips agama
- Cynips arida
- Cynips ashmeadi
- Cynips chica
- Cynips claripennis
- Cynips clavuloides
- Cynips conica
- Cynips conspicuus
- Cynips cornifex
- Cynips cressoni
- Cynips disticha
- Cynips divisa
- Cynips douglasii
- Cynips dugesi
- Cynips dumosae
- Cynips euconus
- Cynips fatihi
- Cynips fucosa
- Cynips fuscipennis
- Cynips glabrescens
- Cynips heldae
- Cynips hirsuta
- Cynips incomptum
- Cynips izzetbaysali
- Cynips jalisco
- Cynips korsakovi
- Cynips lanaris
- Cynips longiventris
- Cynips maculosus
- Cynips magdalenae
- Cynips mirabilis
- Cynips molucrum
- Cynips multipunctata
- Cynips mundum
- Cynips nigricula
- Cynips quercus
- Cynips quercus nigrae
- Cynips quercusechinus
- Cynips quercusfolii
- Cynips quercusnubila
- Cynips radialis
- Cynips rufulum
- Cynips rydbergiana
- Cynips scutatum
- Cynips subcostalis
- Cynips subfuscum
- Cynips subtinctum
- Cynips tepicana
- Cynips texcocana
- Cynips tinctum
- Cynips torosum
- Cynips vesiculoides































































































































































