Periclistus
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| Periclistus | |
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| A female Periclistus caninae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
| Tribe: | Diastrophini |
| Genus: | Periclistus Förster, 1869 |
Periclistus is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Diastrophini, formerly included in the tribe Synergini.[1] There are at least 17 described species in Periclistus.[1][2] 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.[2][3]