Phylloteras
Genus of wasps
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Phylloteras is a North American genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae, [1] tribe Cynipini (oak gall wasps). [2]
| Phylloteras | |
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| P. volutellae galls on bur oak | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Phylloteras Ashmead, 1897 |
| Synonyms | |
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Xystoteras | |
Species
There are at least 4 described species in Phylloteras, [3] possibly 11 total. [4]
- Phylloteras cupella (Weld)—urn gall wasp
- Phylloteras poculum (Osten-Sacken, 1862)
- Phylloteras sigma (Weld)
- Phylloteras volutellae Ashmead, 1897—conical oak gall wasp
