Cynips Linnaeus, 1758

Shachar, Einat, Melika, George, Inbar, Moshe & Dorchin, Netta, 2018, The oak gall wasps of Israel (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) - diversity, distribution and life history, Zootaxa 4521 (4), pp. 451-498 : 473

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scientific name	Cynips Linnaeus, 1758
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The genus is represented by nine species in the Western Palaearctic and one species, C. staminobia Kovalev , in the Eastern Palaearctic ( Melika 2012) as well as many species from The Nearctic Region ( Kinsey 1930, 1936; Melika & Abrahamson 2002). Three species are known from Israel on Q. boissieri .

References

Kinsey, A. C. (1930) The gall wasp genus Cynips. A study in the origin of species. Indiana University Studies, 84 - 86, 1 - 577.

Kinsey, A. C. (1936) The origin of higher categories in Cynips. Indiana University Publications, Science Series 4, Entomological Series, 10, 1 - 334.

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum characteribus, dijferentiis, synonymis, lacis. Tomus I. Editio Decima Reformata, Holmiae, 824 pp.

Melika, G. & Abrahamson, W. G. (2002) Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). In: Melika, G. & Thuroczy, C. (Eds.), Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biology Control, Agroinform, Budapest, pp. 150 - 190.

Melika, G. (2012) [Superfamily CYNIPOIDEA-cynipoids or gallwasps]. In: Lelej, A. (Ed.), Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Fol. I. Hymenoptera. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, pp. 139 - 146. [in Russian]