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Ceroptres

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Ceroptres
Ceroptres clavicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Ceroptresini
Genus: Ceroptres
Hartig, 1840

Ceroptres is a genus of gall wasp. Most of its species are found in North America, and most are inquilines, meaning it oviposits its eggs in a host gall. These host galls are mostly induced by other gall wasps, but some species of Ceroptres use the galls of gall midges.[1]

Species

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Ceroptres contains at least 43 species, including:[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Nastasi, Louis F.; Smith, Cecil N.; Davis, Charles K.; Ward, Anna K.G.; Brown, Guerin; Zhang, Y. Miles; Rollins, Shannon; Friesen, Chris; Tribull, Carly M.; Forbes, Andrew A.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-09-17). "One must imagine Sisyphus happy: Integrative taxonomic characterization of 22 new Ceroptres species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini)". Zootaxa. 5508 (1): 1–63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5508.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. ^ Lobato-Vila, Irene; Pujade-Villar, Juli (2019-10-11). "Revision of world Ceroptresini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with the description of a new genus and five new species". Zootaxa. 4685 (1): zootaxa.4685.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4685.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31719371.
  3. ^ Nastasi, Louis F.; Buffington, Matthew L.; Davis, Charles K.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-03-25). "Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)". ZooKeys (1196): 177–207. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1196..177N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10985401. PMID 38566620.
  4. ^ a b c d Funnell, Rachael (2024-09-18). "Jabba The Hutt Wasp Among 22 New Species Of Parasitic Gall Raiders". IFLScience. Retrieved 2024-10-10.