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Andricus

Kang, Minjoon;Jung, Sunghoon

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Andricus is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyCynipidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,902
With media
521
Family
Cynipidae
Collections
LACM, UMNH, USNM, FMNH, INHS, PSUC
Recorded in
United States, Myanmar

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cynipini
Image
Andricus fg13.jpg
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taxon name
Andricus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Andricus
Commons category
Andricus
taxon common name
hrastova šiškarica
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Life cycle
  • Species
  • Previous species
  • References
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Andricus is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae.

==Life cycle== As in all Hymenoptera, sex-determination in species of the genus Andricus is governed by haplodiploidy: males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid.

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