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Diplolepis fructuum

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Diplolepis fructuum
Mature gall on wild rose[clarification needed]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diplolepididae
Genus: Diplolepis
Species:
D. fructuum
Binomial name
Diplolepis fructuum
(Rübsaamen, 1895)

Diplolepis fructuum (Rübsaamen, 1895) is a hymenopteran gall wasp which causes a galls on wild roses.[1] The species is closely related[2] to D. rosae and D. mayri but it produces its galls in the seeds of wild roses thus damaging its hips.[3] The species is distributed mainly in the Northern regions of the Middle East, the Caucasus region and Northern shores of the Black Sea.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Hosseinali, LOTFALIZADEH; Mojtaba, RAJABI; Seyed Massoud, MADJDZADEH (2012). "Parasitoid community of Diplolepis fructuum (Rübsaamen) (Hym.: Cynipidae) in Kerman Province, with checklist of associated Hymenoptera fauna in Iran" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 8: 125–131.
  2. ^ Zhang, Y. M.; Lászlo, Z.; Looney, C.; Dénes, A. L.; Hanner, R. H. & Shorthouse, J. D. (2019). "DNA barcodes reveal inconsistent species boundaries in Diplolepis rose gall wasps and their Periclistus inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. First View (6): 717–727. doi:10.4039/tce.2019.59. S2CID 204157250.
  3. ^ Güçlü, S.; Hayat, R.; Shorthouse, J. D. & Tozlu, G. (2008). "Gall-inducing wasps of the genus Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on shrub roses of Turkey". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110(1), 204-218.