Genus

Heteroecus

Heteroecus flavens. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Heteroecus is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are about five described species in Heteroecus.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
        Superfamily: Cynipoidea (Gall wasps and allies)
        Family: Cynipidae (Gall wasps)
        Subfamily: Cynipinae
        Tribe: Cynipini (Oak gall wasps)
        Genus: Heteroecus
        Species: Heteroecus pacificus (Beaked spindle gall wasp)
        Species: Heteroecus malus (Bullet-gall wasp)
        Species: Heteroecus sanctaeclarae (Mushroom gall wasp)
        Species: Heteroecus flavens (Round leaf gall wasp)
        Species: Heteroecus melanoderma (Golden gall wasp)

Subtaxa

Species: Heteroecus pacificus (Beaked spindle gall wasp)

Species: Heteroecus malus (Bullet-gall wasp)

Species: Heteroecus sanctaeclarae (Mushroom gall wasp)

Species: Heteroecus flavens (Round leaf gall wasp)

Species: Heteroecus melanoderma (Golden gall wasp)

Where in Humboldt

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