Phylloteras is a North American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, [1] tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps). [2]
| Phylloteras | |
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| P. volutellae galls on bur oak | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Phylloteras Ashmead, 1897 |
| Synonyms | |
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Xystoteras | |
Species
editThere are at least 4 described species in Phylloteras, [3] possibly 11 total. [4]
- Phylloteras cupella (Weld)—urn gall wasp
- Phylloteras poculum (Osten-Sacken, 1862)
- Phylloteras sigma (Weld)
- Phylloteras volutellae Ashmead, 1897—conical oak gall wasp
References
edit- ^ Weld, Lewis H. (1959). "Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States". The Canadian Entomologist. The Entomological Society of Washington. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Phylloteras Ashmead, 1897". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Genus Phylloteras". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Genus Phylloteras". Gallformers. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
Further reading
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- Melika, G.; Abrahamson, W. G. (2002). Melika, G.; Thuroczy, C. (eds.). Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini Latreille, 1802). Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. Angroinform. pp. 150–190. ISBN 978-963-502-765-1.
- Ronquist, Fredrik (1999). "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 28 (1–2): 139–164. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x. S2CID 86539477.
- Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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