Grahamstoneia

Grahamstoneia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Grahamstoneia
Melika & Nicholls, 2021
Species:
G. humboldti
Binomial name
Grahamstoneia humboldti
Melika & Nicholls, 2021

Grahamstoneia is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae.[1] The genus is monotypic, with the singular species Grahamstoneia humboldti.[2][1]

Grahamstoneia is named after cynipidologist and entomologist Graham Stone.[1]

The genus occurs in the southwestern Nearctic and induces galls on Quercus vacciniifolia and Quercus chrysolepis.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Melika, George; Nicholls, James A. (2021-07-14). "A new genus of Nearctic oak gall wasp, Grahamstoneia Melika & Nicholls, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 4999 (5): 456–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4999.5.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34811334.
  2. ^ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2023), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39OMEI, retrieved 2025-12-17