Andricus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Cynipidae
Andricus
Andricus quercusradicis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Andricus
Hartig, 1840[1]
Type species
Andricus noduli
Hartig, 1840
Synonyms
  • Aphilotrix Foerster, 1869
  • Manderstjernia Radoskowsky, 1866
  • Oncaspis Dettmer, 1925
  • Euschmitzia Dettmer, 1925
  • Conobius Kinsey, 1938
  • Adleria Rohwer & Fagan, 1917
  • Erythres Kinsey, 1937
  • Parandricus Kieffer, 1906
  • Trichoteras Ashmead, 1897

Andricus is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae.

As in all Hymenoptera, sex-determination in species of the genus Andricus is governed by haplodiploidy: males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.[2]

Many species in the genus alternate between an asexual generation and a sexual generation.[3][4]

Species

The taxonomy of the genus Andricus is uncertain, with many of the approximately 375 species considered dubious.[5] The following species are currently recognised in the genus Andricus:[6][7][8][9]

Previous species

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