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Paracraspis

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Paracraspis
Galls induced by Paracraspis guadaloupensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Paracraspis
Weld, 1952[1]
Type species
Callirhytis guadaloupensis
Fullaway, 1911

Paracraspis is a genus of oak gall wasps in the Nearctic. It was established by Lewis Hart Weld in 1952,[2] then re-established in 2021.[3]

Species

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The following species are grouped into Paracraspis:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Paracraspis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ Weld, Lewis H. (1952). "New American cynipid wasps from galls". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 102 (3304): 315–342 [324]. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.102-3304.315.
  3. ^ a b Melika, George; Pujade-Villar, Juli; Nicholls, James A.; Cuesta-Porta, Victor; Cooke-McEwen, Crystal & Stone, Graham N. (28 June 2021). "Three new Nearctic genera of oak cynipid gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini): Burnettweldia Pujade-Villar, Melika & Nicholls, Nichollsiella Melika, Pujade-Villar & Stone, Disholandricus Melika, Pujade-Villar & Nicholls; and re-establishment of the genus Paracraspis Weld". Zootaxa. 4993 (1): 1–81. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4993.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34186821.