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Besbicus conspicuus

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Besbicus conspicuus
Sonoma County, California, 2023
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Besbicus
Species:
B. conspicuus
Binomial name
Besbicus conspicuus
(Kinsey, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Cynips conspicuus
  • Cynips conspicua

Besbicus conspicuus, formerly Cynips conspicuus, also known as the fuzzy gall wasp, is a common species of cynipid wasp that induces globular stem galls on white oak trees on the west coast of North America.[1] This gall is solid but for the central larval chamber.[1] After the wasp emerges, beetles sometimes chew through the husk to consume the tissue inside.[1] Besbicus conspicuus galls are sometimes mistaken for Disholcaspis washingtonensis galls.[1] This wasp is found west of the Sierra Nevada range in California in North America.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 105. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
  2. ^ "Fuzzy-Gall Wasp (Cynips conspicuus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
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