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Biorhiza
Sign in to saveBiorhiza is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae in 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Biorhiza is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, insect and species.
It sits within the topics Cynipidae and Hymenoptera genera.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Cynipidae
- Collections
- USNM, INHS, NRM, OSUC, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden
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- taxon name
- Biorhiza
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Biorhiza
- taxon common name
- hrastova vejna šiškarica
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Biorhiza is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae in 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.
==Species== The genus includes the following species: Biorhiza mellea Ashmead, 1887 Biorhiza pallida (Olivier 1791)
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