Phylloteras is a North American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, [1] tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps). [2]

Phylloteras
P. volutellae galls on bur oak
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Phylloteras
Ashmead, 1897
Synonyms

Xystoteras

Species

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There are at least 4 described species in Phylloteras, [3] possibly 11 total. [4]

References

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  1. ^ Weld, Lewis H. (1959). "Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States". The Canadian Entomologist. The Entomological Society of Washington. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. ^ "Phylloteras Ashmead, 1897". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  3. ^ "Genus Phylloteras". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  4. ^ "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.