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Superfamily Cynipoidea

Representative Images

Insect eggs? - Dryocosmus minusculuscauliflower leaf gall on Valley Oak - Andricus confertusAndricus pattoni - Druon pattoni - femaleUnknown Hymenoptera?Egg? - Atrusca capronaeDisholcaspis quercusomnivoraoak gall - Amphibolips ellipsoidalisOak Rough Bulletgall Wasp - Disholcaspis quercusmamma

Classification

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
SubphylumHexapoda (Hexapods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
SuperfamilyCynipoidea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Charipidae and Eucoilidae have been sunk into Figitidae(1)(2).

Numbers

5-6 families total (incl. monotypic Australian Austrocynipidae); >800 spp. in our area, ~2000 worldwide(3)(1)

Identification

Mostly small or minute insects with reduced venation. Most species are black and the abdomen is usually shiny and somewhat compressed. Filiform antennae; the pronotum extends back to the tegulae and the ovipositor issues from the anterior apex of the abdomen.
Larval morphology: see(4)

Remarks

Gall makers, gall inquilines or parasites.

Internet References

Cynipoidea In Catalan, with excellent photos

Works Cited

1.Australian Faunal Directory
2.Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera
Sharkey M.J. 2007. Zootaxa 1668: 521–548.
3.Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families
Goulet H., Huber J., eds. 1993. Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E. 668 pp.
4.Comparative morphology of terminal-instar larvae of Cynipoidea: phylogenetic implications
J.L. Nieves-Aldrey, H. Vårdal, F. Ronquist. 2005. Zoologica Scripta 34: 15–36.
Contributed byRichard Leung on 11 April, 2005 - 10:06pm
Additional contributions byBeatriz Moisset,v belov,mileszhang
Last updated 16 January, 2023 - 10:12am

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