Atrusca

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]

Atrusca
Leaf gall caused by Atrusca clavuloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Atrusca
Kinsey, 1930[1][2]
Type species
Cynips (Atrusca) dugesi var. simulatrix
Kinsey, 1930

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.
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