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Amphibolips

Amphibolips is an American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about 57 described species in the genus Amphibolips with several others still undescribed.

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Amphibolips
Gall made by Amphibolips quercusinanis on oak leaf
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Amphibolips
Reinhard, 1865

Amphibolips is an American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about 57 described species in the genus Amphibolips with several others still undescribed.1234

Species

The following species belong to the genus Amphibolips:

  • Amphibolips acuminata Ashmead, 1896
  • Amphibolips aliciae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2010
  • Amphibolips arbensis Mehes, 1953
  • Amphibolips bassae Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
  • Amphibolips bromus Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
  • Amphibolips castroviejoi Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2010
  • Amphibolips cibriani Pujade-Villar, 2018
  • Amphibolips comini Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
  • Amphibolips confluenta (Harris, 1841) - Spongy oak apple gall wasp
  • Amphibolips cookii Gillette, 1888
  • Amphibolips dampfi Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
  • Amphibolips elatus Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips ellipsoidalis Weld, 1926
  • Amphibolips femoratus (Ashmead, 1887)
  • Amphibolips fusus Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips gainesi Bassett, 1900
  • Amphibolips globulus Beutenmüller
  • Amphibolips globus Weld
  • Amphibolips gumia Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips hidalgoensis Pujade-Villar & Melika, 2011
  • Amphibolips ilicifoliae Basset, 1864
  • Amphibolips jaliscensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
  • Amphibolips jubatus Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips kinseyi Castillejos-Lemus, Oyama, & Nieves-Aldrey, 2020
  • Amphibolips magnigalla Castillejos-Lemus, Oyama, & Nieves-Aldrey, 2020
  • Amphibolips maturus Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips melanocera Ashmead, 1885
  • Amphibolips michoacaensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
  • Amphibolips montana Beutenmüller
  • Amphibolips murata Weld, 1957
  • Amphibolips nassa Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips nebris Kinsey, 1937
  • Amphibolips nevadensis Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
  • Amphibolips niger Beutenmüller, 1911
  • Amphibolips nigrialatus Castillejos-Lemus, Oyama, & Nieves-Aldrey, 2020
  • Amphibolips nubilipennis Beutenmüller, 1909 - Translucent oak gall wasp
  • Amphibolips oaxacae Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
  • Amphibolips quercuscinerea Ashmead, 1881
  • Amphibolips quercuscitriformis Ashmead, 1881
  • Amphibolips quercuscoelebs Osten Sacken, 1861
  • Amphibolips quercusfuliginosa Ashmead, 1885
  • Amphibolips quercusinanis Osten Sacken, 1861 - Larger empty oak apple wasp
  • Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Osten Sacken, 1862) - Acorn plum gall wasp
  • Amphibolips quercusostensackenii Felt, 1917
  • Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Kinsey, 1922 - Apple gall wasp5
  • Amphibolips quercusracemaria Ashmead, 1881
  • Amphibolips quercusrugosa Ashmead, 1881
  • Amphibolips quercusspongifica Osten Sacken, 1861
  • Amphibolips rulli Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
  • Amphibolips salicifoliae Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
  • Amphibolips spinosa Ashmead, 1887
  • Amphibolips tarasco Nieves-Aldrey et al, 2012
  • Amphibolips tinctoriae Ashmead, 1896
  • Amphibolips trizonata Ashmead, 1896
  • Amphibolips turulli Cuesta-Porta et al, 2020
  • Amphibolips zacatecaensis Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2011
References

References

  1. "Amphibolips Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. "Amphibolips". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. "Amphibolips". gallformers.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577.
Further reading

Further reading

  • 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.