Disholcaspis is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 40 species described in the genus Disholcaspis.[1][2][3] Some Disholcaspis species induce galls that produce honeydew, a sweet liquid that attracts yellow jackets, ants, and bees. These insects then protect the galls from parasitic wasps.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910 |
Species
editThese 42 species belong to the genus Disholcaspis:[5]
- Disholcaspis acetabula (Weld, 1921)
- Disholcaspis bassetti (Gillette, 1888)
- Disholcaspis bettyannae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2011
- Disholcaspis bisethiae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2011
- Disholcaspis brevinota Weld, 1921
- Disholcaspis canescens Weld, 1957 - Round honeydew gall wasp
- Disholcaspis cinerosa (Bassett, 1881) - Mealy oak gall wasp
- Disholcaspis colorado Gillette, 1893
- Disholcaspis costaricensis Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2021
- Disholcaspis crystalae Pujade-Villar, 2018
- Disholcaspis edura Weld, 1957
- Disholcaspis eldoradensis (Beutenmuller, 1909) - Honeydew gall wasp
- Disholcaspis erugomamma Cooke-McEwen & Gates, 2020
- Disholcaspis fungiformis Kinsey, 1920
- Disholcaspis globosa Weld, 1921
- Disholcaspis insulana Kinsey, 1938
- Disholcaspis lacuna Weld, 1921
- Disholcaspis laetae Kinsey, 1937
- Disholcaspis largior Kinsey, 1938
- Disholcaspis mamillana Weld, 1957
- Disholcaspis mellifica Pujade-Villar, 2017
- Disholcaspis mexicana Weld, 1957
- Disholcaspis pallens Kinsey, 1938
- Disholcaspis pattersoni Kinsey, 1922
- Disholcaspis pedunculoides Weld, 1926
- Disholcaspis perniciosa (Bassett, 1890)
- Disholcaspis potosina Kinsey, 1937
- Disholcaspis prehensa Weld, 1957 - Clasping twig gall wasp
- Disholcaspis pruniformis Kinsey, 1920
- Disholcaspis pulla Kinsey, 1937
- Disholcaspis purlans Kinsey, 1937
- Disholcaspis purpurea Kinsey, 1937
- Disholcaspis quercusglobulus (Fitch, 1859) - Round bullet gall wasp
- Disholcaspis quercusmamma (Walsh, 1869) - Oak rough bulletgall wasp
- Disholcaspis quercusomnivora Weld, 1959
- Disholcaspis quercusvirens (Ashmead, 1881)
- Disholcaspis regina Kinsey, 1937
- Disholcaspis rubens (Gillette, 1893)
- Disholcaspis simulata Kinsey, 1922 - Dried peach gall wasp
- Disholcaspis spissa Weld, 1957
- Disholcaspis spongiosa Weld, 1926
- Disholcaspis terrestris Weld
References
edit- ^ "Disholcaspis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Disholcaspis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Disholcaspis genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 52–54. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577.
- ^ "Disholcaspis". gallformers.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
Further reading
edit- 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.
- Weld, Lewis H. (1959). Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 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.
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