Disholcaspis quercusmamma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Cynipidae
- Genus
- Disholcaspis
- Species
- Disholcaspis quercusmamma
- Scientific Name
- Disholcaspis quercusmamma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Disholcaspis quercusmamma
Disholcaspis quercusmamma, the oak rough bulletgall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. The quercus in its name is the genus name for oak, while "mamma" is Latin for "breast", presumably a reference to the "nipple" on the gall.
The galls formed by several species in the Disholcaspis genus are called "bullet galls" due to their shape and size. Disholcaspis quercusmamma galls are similar in appearance to those formed by Disholcaspis quercusglobulus; the distinguishing characters are a velvety surface and pointed apex ("nipple").
The host plants are white oaks, including bur oak, swamp white oak, and overcup oak.: 295
...Disholcaspis quercusmamma in languages:
- English
- Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp
- English
- Oak-nipple gall
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Disholcaspis acetabula
- Disholcaspis bassetti
- Disholcaspis canescens
- Disholcaspis cinerosa
- Disholcaspis costaricensis
- Disholcaspis crystalae
- Disholcaspis edura
- Disholcaspis eldoradensis
- Disholcaspis erugomamma
- Disholcaspis fungiformis
- Disholcaspis globosa
- Disholcaspis insulana
- Disholcaspis lacuna
- Disholcaspis laetae
- Disholcaspis largior
- Disholcaspis mamillana
- Disholcaspis mellifica
- Disholcaspis mexicana
- Disholcaspis pallens
- Disholcaspis pattersoni
- Disholcaspis pedunculoides
- Disholcaspis perniciosa
- Disholcaspis potosina
- Disholcaspis prehensa
- Disholcaspis pruniformis
- Disholcaspis pulla
- Disholcaspis purlans
- Disholcaspis purpurea
- Disholcaspis quercusglobulus
- Disholcaspis quercusmamma
- Disholcaspis quercusomnivora
- Disholcaspis quercusvirens
- Disholcaspis regina
- Disholcaspis rubens
- Disholcaspis simulata
- Disholcaspis spissa
- Disholcaspis spongiosa
- Disholcaspis terrestris
- Disholcaspis unicolor
- Disholcaspis weldi
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