Species

Melikaiella flora (Live oak petiole gall wasp)

Melikaiella flora. Photo: (c) 2008 Judy McBride, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cynipini is a tribe of gall wasps. These insects induce galls in plants of the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. They are known commonly as the oak gall wasps.

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: Melikaiella
        Species: Melikaiella flora (Live oak petiole gall wasp)

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