Cynipini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Cynipoidea

Familia: Cynipidae
Subfamilia: Cynipinae
Tribus: Cynipini
Genera (33): Acraspis – Amphibolips – Andricus – Aphelonyx – Atrusca – Barucynips – Belonocnema – Biorhiza – Callirhytis – Cerroneuroterus – Chilaspis – Coffeikokkos – Cyclocynips – Cycloneuroterus – Cynips – Diplolepis – Disholcaspis – Dryocosmus – Eumayria – Heteroecus – Kinseyella – Latuspina – Loxaulus – Neuroterus – Odontocynips – Philonix – Plagiotrochus – Protobalandricus – Pseudoneuroterus – Rhodus – Striatoandricus – Trichagalma – Zapatella
Name

Cynipini Latreille, 1802
References

Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, xii + pp. 13–467 + [1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.
Cuesta-Porta, V., Arnedo, M.A., Cibrián-Tovar, D., Barrera-Ruiz, U.M., García-Martiñón, R.D., Equihua-Martínez, A., Estrada-Venegas, E.G., Clark-Tapia, R., Romero-Rangel, S. & Pujade-Villar, J. 2020. A New Genus of Oak Gall Wasp, Striatoandricus Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from America with Descriptions of Two New Mexican Species. Zoological Studies 59: 1–21. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-08 Open access PDF. Reference page.
Nieves-Aldrey, J.L.; Liljeblad, J.; Nieves, M.H.; Grez, A.; Nylander, J.A.A. 2009: Revision and phylogenetics of the genus Paraulax Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) with biological notes and description of a new tribe, a new genus, and five new species. Zootaxa, 2200: 1–40. Abstract & excerpt
Melika, G. et al. 2010: Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa, 2470: 1–79. Preview
Nicholls, J.A., Stone, G.N. & Melika, G. 2018. A new genus of oak gallwasp, Protobalandricus Melika, Nicholls & Stone (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from California. Zootaxa 4472(1): 141–152. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.7 Paywall Reference page.
Pénzes, Z., Tang, C-T., Stone, G.N., Nicholls, J.A., Schwéger, S., Bozsó, M. & Melika, G. 2018. Current status of the oak gallwasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) fauna of the Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Zootaxa 4433(2): 245–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.2 Paywall Reference page.
Melika, G. et al. 2013: A new genus of oak gallwasp, Cyclocynips Melika, Tang & Sinclair (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with descriptions of two new species from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3630(3): 534–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.8 Reference page.
ZooBank: 0C57DE5E-ECDE-4B2C-B14F-76CD584B9F55
Shachar, E., Melika, G., Inbar, M. & Dorchin, N. 2018. The oak gall wasps of Israel (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini)—diversity, distribution and life history. Zootaxa 4521(4): 451–498. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.1 Paywall Reference page.
Tang, C.-T. et al. 2011: A new genus of oak gallwasps, Cycloneuroterus Melika & Tang, with the description of five new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa, 3008: 33–62. Preview

Vernacular names
日本語: ナラタマバチ族

Cynipini is a tribe of gall wasps. These insects induce galls in plants of the beech and oak family, Fagaceae.[1] They are known commonly as the oak gall wasps.[2] It is the largest cynipid tribe, with about 936[3] to 1000[2] recognized species, most of which are associated with oaks.[2] The tribe is mainly native to the Holarctic.[3]

Cynipini wasps can act as ecosystem engineers. Their galls can become hosts of inquilines, and the wasps themselves are hosts to parasitoids. [4]

Most of these wasps undergo cyclical parthenogenesis, sometimes reproducing sexually, and sometimes producing young without fertilization.[2] [5]
Genera
Gall induced on Pyrenean oak Quercus pyrenaica by Andricus kollari
Gall induced by Callirhytis quercuspunctata on oak
Amphibolips quercusinanis gall on oak

Acraspis
Amphibolips
Andricus
Antron
Aphelonyx
Atrusca
Barucynips[3]
Bassettia Ashmead, 1887[6]
Belonocnema
Biorhiza
Burnettweldia
Callirhytis
Cerroneuroterus
Chilaspis
Coffeikokkos[7]
Cyclocynips[2]
Cycloneuroterus
Cynips
Disholandricus
Disholcaspis
Dros
Druon
Dryocosmus
Erythres
Eumayria
Eumayriella
Femuros
Feron[8]
Grahamstoneia
Heteroecus
Heocynips
Holocynips
Kinseyella
Kokkocynips
Latuspina
Loxaulus
Melikaiella
Neuroterus
Nichollsiella
Odontocynips
Paracraspis
Philonix
Phylloteras
Plagiotrochus
Prokius[9]
Protobalandricus
Pseudoneuroterus
Sphaeroteras
Striatoandricus[10]
Trichagalma
Trichoteras
Trigonaspis
Xanthoteras
Zapatella
Zopheroteras

References

Nieves-Aldrey, J. L., et al. (2009). Revision and phylogenetics of the genus Paraulax Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) with biological notes and description of a new tribe, a new genus, and five new species. Zootaxa 2200 1-40.
Melika, G., et al. (2013). A new genus of oak gallwasp, Cyclocynips Melika, Tang & Sinclair (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with descriptions of two new species from Taiwan. Zootaxa 3630(3), 534-48.
Medianero, E. and J. L. Nieves-Aldrey. (2013). Barucynips panamensis, a new genus and species of oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) from Panama, and description of one new species of Coffeikokkos. ZooKeys (277), 25-46.
Hayward, Alex; Stone, Graham (2005-10-05). "Oak gall wasp communities: Evolution and ecology". Basic and Applied Ecology. 6 (5): 435–443. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2005.07.003.
Stone, Graham N.; Schönrogge, Karsten; Atkinson, Rachel J.; Bellido, David; Pujade-Villar, Juli (January 2002). "The Population Biology of Oak Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". Annual Review of Entomology. 47 (1): 633–668. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145247. PMID 11729087. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
Melika, G.; Abrahamson, W. G. (2007). "Review of the nearctic gallwasp species of the genus Bassettia Ashmead, 1887, with description of new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 53 (2): 131–148.
Pujade-Villar, J., et al. (2012). A new genus of oak gallwasp, Coffeikokkos Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., with a description of a new species from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae). Zookeys (168), 19–29.
Cuesta-Porta, Victor; Melika, George; Nicholls, James A.; Stone, Graham N.; Pujade-Villar, Juli (2023-11-07). "Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including the description of six new species". Zootaxa. 5366 (1): 1–174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5366.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
Enrique Medianero; James A. Nicholls; Graham N. Stone; José Luis Nieves-Aldrey (10 December 2021). "A new genus of Neotropical oak gall wasp, Prokius Nieves-Aldrey, Medianero & Nicholls, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with description of two new species from Panama". Zootaxa. 5081 (2): 203–222. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5081.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q110301856.
Cuesta-Porta, Victor; Arnedo, Miquel A.; Cibrian-Tovar, David; Barrera-Ruiz, Uriel M.; Garcia-Martinon, Rosa D.; Equihua-Martinez, Armando; Estrada-Venegas, Edith; Clark-Tapia, Ricardo; Romero-Rangel, Silvia; Pujade-Villar, Juli (2020). "A new genus of oak gall wasp, Striatoandricus Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from America with descriptions of two new Mexican species". Zoological Studies. 59 (59): e8. doi:10.6620/ZS.2020.59-08. PMC 7396930. PMID 32760454.