Ceroptres
| Ceroptres | |
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| Ceroptres clavicornis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Ceroptresini |
| Genus: | Ceroptres Hartig, 1840 |
Ceroptres is a genus of gall wasp. Most of its species are found in North America, and most are inquilines, meaning it oviposits its eggs in a host gall. These host galls are mostly induced by other gall wasps, but some species of Ceroptres use the galls of gall midges.[1]
Species
Ceroptres contains at least 43 species, including:[1]
- Ceroptres anansii (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres anzui (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres bruti (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres curupira (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres daleki (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Named for daleks from Doctor Who[2]
- Ceroptres dandoi (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres demerzelae (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres iktomii (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres jabbai (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Named for Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars[2]
- Ceroptres jarethi (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres lokii (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres lupini (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres mallowi (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres promethei (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Named for Prometheus[2]
- Ceroptres sandiegoae (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres selinae (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres soloi (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres songae (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres swiperi (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres thrymi (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres tikoloshei (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
- Ceroptres zorroi (Nastasi, Smith, & Davis)
References
- ^ a b Nastasi, Louis F.; Smith, Cecil N.; Davis, Charles K.; Ward, Anna K.G.; Brown, Guerin; Zhang, Y. Miles; Rollins, Shannon; Friesen, Chris; Tribull, Carly M.; Forbes, Andrew A.; Deans, Andrew R. (2024-09-17). "One must imagine Sisyphus happy: Integrative taxonomic characterization of 22 new Ceroptres species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini)". Zootaxa. 5508 (1): 1–63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5508.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ a b c d Funnell, Rachael (2024-09-18). "Jabba The Hutt Wasp Among 22 New Species Of Parasitic Gall Raiders". IFLScience. Retrieved 2024-10-10.