Dryocosmus rileyi
| Dryocosmus rileyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Kokkocynips |
| Species: | K. rileyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Kokkocynips rileyi (Nieves-Aldrey, 2021)
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Kokkocynips rileyi is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae.[1] K. rileyi has two structures; a gall body and a kapello. The kapello.[2] is a fatty lipid rich appendage that attracts ants for gall dispersal, similar to myrmecochorous seeds.
Previously in the genus Dryocosmus, but rearranged into Kokkocynips.[3]
References
- ^ "Species Kokkocynips rileyi". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Oak Galls Exhibit Ant Dispersal Convergent with Myrmecochorous Seeds".
- ^ "Re-description and systematic re-appraisal of the genus Kokkocynips Pujade-Villar & Melika, (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae:Cynipini), including new combinations of Nearctic species and the description of new species from Panama".