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Atrusca

Atrusca is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. It consists of approximately 50 species, and is found in North and Central America.

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Atrusca
Leaf gall caused by Atrusca clavuloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Atrusca
Kinsey, 193012
Type species
Cynips (Atrusca) dugesi var. simulatrix
Kinsey, 1930

Atrusca is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. It consists of approximately 50 species,3 and is found in North and Central America.4

Species

Selected species:

"Phylogenetic origins in Atrusca" from The Gall Wasp Genus Cynips by Alfred Kinsey, p.72. Fig. 12
"Phylogenetic origins in Atrusca" from The Gall Wasp Genus Cynips by Alfred Kinsey, p.72. Fig. 12 source ↗
References

References

  1. Kinsey, Alfred C. (1929) [1930]. "The Gall Wasp Genus Cynips: A Study in the Origin of Species". Indiana University Studies. 16 (84–86): 276–278.
  2. "Atrusca Kinsey, 1930". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. Pujade-Villar, J.; Nieves-Aldrey, J. L.; Equihua-Martínez, A.; Estrada-Venegas, E. G.; Melika, G. (2011). "New Atrusca gallwasp species from Baja California, Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)". Dugesiana. 18 (1): 23–39. ISSN 2007-9133.
  4. Melika, George; Abrahamson, Warren G. (2002). "Review of the World Genera of Oak Cynipid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". In Melika, George; Thuróczy, Csaba (eds.). Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. Budapest: Agroinform. pp. 153, 163. ISBN 978-963-502-765-1.