Periclistus
Genus of wasps
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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]
| 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 |
Species
Species in the genus Periclistus include the following:[2]
- Periclistus arefactus (McCracken & Egbert, 1922)
- Periclistus brandtii (Ratzeburg, 1832)
- Periclistus californicus (Ashmead, 1896)
- Periclistus caninae (Hartig, 1840)
- Periclistus capillatus (Belizin, 1968)
- Periclistus mongolicus (Belizin, 1973)
- Periclistus natalis (Taketani & Yasumatsu, 1973)
- Periclistus obliquus (Provancher, 1888)
- Periclistus orientalis (Pang, Liu & Zhu, 2020)
- Periclistus piceus (Fullaway, 1911)
- Periclistus pirata (Osten-Sacken, 1863)
- Periclistus qinghainensis (Pujade-Villar, Wang, Guo, Chen, 2016)
- Periclistus quinlani (Taketani & Yasumatsu, 1973)
- Periclistus semipiceus (Harris, 1841)
- Periclistus setosus (Wang, Liu & Chen, 2012)
- Periclistus smilacis (Ashmead, 1896)
- Periclistus spinosissimae (Dettmer, 1924)
- Periclistus yorikoae Abe & Ide, 2025