| Cynips douglasii | |
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| Cynips douglasii unisexual generation galls, California | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Cynips |
| Species: | C. douglasii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynips douglasii (Ashmead, 1896)
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| Synonyms | |
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Antron douglasii | |
Cynips douglasii, the spined turbaned gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1] It induces galls in valley oaks, blue oak, and California scrub oak. The leaf galls induced by the parthenogenic, unisexual generation in summer are noted for their spines and can be white, purple, or pink. They can be up to 10 millimetres (0.39 in) wide and 15 millimetres (0.59 in) high. Adult females emerge from these galls in winter. The bisexual generation induces rounder, green bud galls in spring. [2]
References
- ^ "Cynips douglasii species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 307–310. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577.
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