Periclistus brandtii

Periclistus brandtii

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae

Periclistus is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Diastrophini, formerly included in the tribe Synergini. There are at least 17 described species in Periclistus. Species from this genus are associated with host plants in the rose family, where in a phenomenon called agastoparasitism, they inquiline in the galls of at least four related species, Diastrophus, Diplolepis, Liebelia, and Xestophanes.

Distribution

Periclistus brandtii — (c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 3France · 1Germany · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Piotr Lukasik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPericlistus, Wikipedia contributors

Periclistus brandtii

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