Belonocnema treatae
Belonocnema treatae is a species of gall-forming wasp found on the roots of Quercus fusiformis[2],Quercus virginiana and Quercus geminata. [1] It was named in honor of Mary Treat, who first collected galls formed by the species in Green Cove Spring, Florida, in 1881.[1] The species has both sexual and asexual generations. It is native to the Southeastern United States.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Belonocnema |
| Species: | B. treatae |
| Binomial name | |
| Belonocnema treatae Ashmead 1881 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dryorhizoxenus floridanus Ashmead, 1881[1] Belonocnema kinseyi (Weld 1921) [2] | |
References
- Zhang, Y Miles; Egan, Scott P; Driscoe, Amanda L; Ott, James R (29 November 2021). "One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved: Belonocnema (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (4): 1234–1255. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab001.
- Forbes, Andrew A.; Hall, M. Carmen; Lund, JoAnne; Hood, Glen R.; Izen, Rebecca; Egan, Scott P.; Ott, James R. (January 2016). "Parasitoids, Hyperparasitoids, and Inquilines Associated With the Sexual and Asexual Generations of the Gall Former, Belonocnema treatae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 109 (1): 49–63. doi:10.1093/aesa/sav112.
- "Belonocnema treatae (sexgen)". www.gallformers.org.
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