Periclistus

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Periclistus
A female Periclistus caninae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Diastrophini
Genus: Periclistus
Förster, 1869
Periclistus in galls observed at Convict Lake, California

Periclistus is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Diastrophini, formerly included in the tribe Synergini.[1] There are at least 17 described species in Periclistus.[1][2] Species from this genus are associated with host plants in the rose family, where in a phenomenon called agastoparasitism, they inquiline in the galls of at least four related species, Diastrophus, Diplolepis, Liebelia, and Xestophanes.[2][3]

Species

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Species in the genus Periclistus include the following:[2]

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