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Cynipidae

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Noun1.Cynipidae - a family of Hymenoptera
family Cynipidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gall wasp, gallfly - small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
Cynips, genus Cynips - type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps
Amphibolips, genus Amphibolips - cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls
Andricus, genus Andricus - cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks
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Most species of the large and widespread parasitoid genus Eurytoma attack gall-forming Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) and Diptera (Tephritidae and Cecidomyiidae) (DiGiulio 1997), and numerous other arthropod taxa and plants.
Biology of eurytoma sivinskii, an unusual eurytomid (hymenoptera) ... by Mena-Correa, J.; Sivinski, J.; Gates, M.; Ramirez-Romero, R.; Aluja, M. / Florida Entomologist
Euderus species have been reported as primary parasitoids of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and even some Hymenoptera, especially Cynipidae (Schauff et al.
Diversity and distribution of parasitoids of Anthonomus eugenii ... by Rodriguez-Leyva, Esteban; Stansly, Philip A.; Schuster, David J.; Bravo-Mosqueda, Ernesto / Florida Entomologist
The eurytomids also occur as parasites in Cynipidae, Pteromalidae, Eurytomidae, Tanaostigmatidae, and Agaonidae (Grisell & Schauff 1990; DiGiulio 1997), and members of the family Perilampidae are hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonidae (Darling 1997).
Hymenopteran parasitoids of Anastrepha fruit flies (Diptera: ... by Hernandez-Ortiz, Vicente; Delfin-Gonzalez, Hugo; Escalante-Tio, Andres; Manrique-Saide, Pablo / Florida Entomologist
 
 
 
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