Male Biorhiza pallida. The wings would be folded over the abdomen in life
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Cynipidae
Genus:
Biorhiza
Species:
B.pallida
Binomial name
Biorhiza pallida
Linnaeus, 1758
Biorhiza pallida is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae. This species is a member of the tribe Cynipini: the oak gall wasp tribe. Cynipini is the tribe partially responsible for the formation of galls known as oak apples on oak trees. These are formed after the wasp lays eggs inside the leaf buds and the plant tissues swell as the larvae of the gall wasp develop inside. This wasp has a widespread distribution within Europe.[1]
^Rokas, A1; Atkinson, RJ; Brown, GS; West, SA; Stone, GN (2001). "Understanding patterns of genetic diversity in the oak gallwasp Biorhiza pallida: demographic history or a Wolbachia selective sweep?". Heredity. 87 (3): 294–304. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.2001.00872.x. hdl:1842/476. PMID 11737276.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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