Xanthoteras is a genus of gall-inducing cynipid wasp that was first organized by William Harris Ashmead.[1] Species include the ball-tipped gall wasp, which was previously included in the genus Trigonapsis.[2]
Xanthoteras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
Tribe: | Cynipini |
Genus: | Xanthoteras Ashmead, 1897 |
References
edit- ^ "Genus Xanthoteras". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 122–123. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502.