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Belonocnema treatae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Belonocnema
Species:
B. treatae
Binomial name
Belonocnema treatae
Ashmead 1881
Synonyms

Dryorhizoxenus floridanus Ashmead, 1881 [1] Belonocnema kinseyi (Weld 1921) [2]

Belonocnema treatae is a species of gall-forming wasp found on the roots of Quercus fusiformis [2], Quercus virginiana and Quercus geminata. [1] It was named in honor of Mary Treat, who first collected galls formed by the species in Green Cove Spring, Florida, in 1881. [1] The species has both sexual and asexual generations. It is native to the Southeastern United States. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Zhang, Y Miles; Egan, Scott P; Driscoe, Amanda L; Ott, James R (29 November 2021). "One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved: Belonocnema (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (4): 1234–1255. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab001.
  2. ^ a b Forbes, Andrew A.; Hall, M. Carmen; Lund, JoAnne; Hood, Glen R.; Izen, Rebecca; Egan, Scott P.; Ott, James R. (January 2016). "Parasitoids, Hyperparasitoids, and Inquilines Associated With the Sexual and Asexual Generations of the Gall Former, Belonocnema treatae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 109 (1): 49–63. doi: 10.1093/aesa/sav112.
  3. ^ "Belonocnema treatae (sexgen)". www.gallformers.org.