Ceroptres Explained

Ceroptres is a genus of gall wasp. Most of its species are found in North America, and most are inquilines, meaning it oviposits its eggs in a host gall. These host galls are mostly induced by other gall wasps, but some species of Ceroptres use the galls of gall midges.^[1]

Species

Ceroptres contains at least 43 species, including:^{[2] [3]}

• Ceroptres anansii
  • Named for Anansi
• Ceroptres anzui
  • Named for Anzû
• Ceroptres bruti
  • Named for Brutus
• Ceroptres catesbaei
• Ceroptres clavicornis
• Ceroptres confertus
• Ceroptres cornigera
• Ceroptres curupira
  • Named for Curupira
• Ceroptres daleki
  • Named for daleks from Doctor Who^[4]
• Ceroptres dandoi
  • Named for Edward Dando
• Ceroptres demerzelae
  • Named for Demerzel
• Ceroptres ensiger
• Ceroptres frondosae
• Ceroptres iktomii
  • Named for Iktomi
• Ceroptres jabbai
  • Named for Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars
• Ceroptres jarethi
  • Named for Jareth from Labyrinth
• Ceroptres junquerasi
• Ceroptres lanigerae
• Ceroptres lenis
• Ceroptres lokii
  • Named for Loki
• Ceroptres lupini
  • Named for Arsène Lupin
• Ceroptres mallowi
  • Named for Hober Mallow
• Ceroptres mexicanus
• Ceroptres minutissimi
• Ceroptres montensis
• Ceroptres nigricrus
• Ceroptres petiolicola
• Ceroptres pisum
• Ceroptres promethei
  • Named for Prometheus
• Ceroptres quadratifacies
• Ceroptres rufiventris
• Ceroptres sandiegoae
  • Named for Carmen Sandiego
• Ceroptres selinae
  • Named for Selina Kyle
• Ceroptres snellingi
• Ceroptres soloi
  • Named for Han Solo
• Ceroptres songae
  • Named for River Song
• Ceroptres swiperi
  • Named for Swiper from Dora the Explorer
• Ceroptres thrymi
  • Named for Thrym
• Ceroptres tikoloshei
  • Named for Tikoloshe
• Ceroptres zorroi
  • Named for Zorro

Notes and References

1. Nastasi . Louis F. . Smith . Cecil N. . Davis . Charles K. . Ward . Anna K.G. . Brown . Guerin . Zhang . Y. Miles . Rollins . Shannon . Friesen . Chris . Tribull . Carly M. . Forbes . Andrew A. . Deans . Andrew R. . 2024-09-17 . One must imagine Sisyphus happy: Integrative taxonomic characterization of 22 new Ceroptres species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini) . Zootaxa . 5508 . 1 . 1–63 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5508.1.1 . 1175-5334.
2. Lobato-Vila . Irene . Pujade-Villar . Juli . 2019-10-11 . Revision of world Ceroptresini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with the description of a new genus and five new species . Zootaxa . en . 4685 . 1 . zootaxa.4685.1.1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4685.1.1 . 31719371 . 1175-5334.
3. Nastasi . Louis F. . Buffington . Matthew L. . Davis . Charles K. . Deans . Andrew R. . 2024-03-25 . Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato) . ZooKeys . 1196 . 177–207 . 10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460 . free . 1313-2970 . 10985401 . 38566620. 2024ZooK.1196..177N .
4. Web site: Funnell . Rachael . 2024-09-18 . Jabba The Hutt Wasp Among 22 New Species Of Parasitic Gall Raiders . 2024-10-10 . IFLScience . en.