Bassettia pallida
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| Bassettia pallida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Bassettia |
| Species: | B. pallida |
| Binomial name | |
| Bassettia pallida | |
Bassettia pallida is a species of gall wasp found in the Southern United States. This species was described by American entomologist William Harris Ashmead in 1896. B. pallida reproduces asexually in galls it induces on oak trees. The parasite Euderus set, a eulophid wasp, has B. pallida as a host and manipulates its behavior.
William Harris Ashmead described this species in 1896 based on a female specimen in the National Museum of Natural History. The holotype was collected in 1884 in Georgia.[1]
Distribution
This species has been found in the American states of Georgia, Florida,[2] Missouri, Louisiana, and Texas.[3] Its type location is Savannah, Georgia.[1]
