Dryocosmus are a genus of gall wasps. They are cyclically parthenogenetic insects that induce galls on plants in the family Fagaceae.
According to recent studies, the genus includes some species previously considered as belonging to the genus Chilaspis, whereas Dryocosmus favus should be excluded of the genus. Dryocosmus and Chilaspis are closely related to the other oak gall wasp taxa (Aphelonyx, Plagiotrochus, Pseudoneuroterus, Trichagalma, and some Neuroterus species)
Dryocosmus kuriphilus is an invasive species in Europe and North America (originating from Asia) that endangers the chestnut trees.
Species
- Dryocosmus albidus <small>Weld, 1944</small>
- Dryocosmus archboldi <small>Melika & Abrahamson, 2021</small>
- Dryocosmus cannoni <small>Schwéger & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus archboldi <small>Melika & Abrahamson, 2021</small>
- Dryocosmus caputgrusi <small>Tang & Schwéger, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus carlesiae <small>Tang & Melika, 2011</small>
- Dryocosmus caspiensis <small>Melika, Sadeghi, Atkinson, Stone & Barimani, 2008</small>
- Dryocosmus cerriphilus <small>Giraud, 1859</small>
- Dryocosmus crinitus <small>Schwéger & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus destefanii <small>Cerasa & Melika, 2018</small>
- Dryocosmus dubiosus <small>Fullaway, 1911</small> (two-horned gall wasp)
- Dryocosmus favus <small>Beutenmüller, 1911</small>
- Dryocosmus floridensis <small>(Beutenmüller, 1917)</small>
- Dryocosmus gigas (possibly in Andricus or Feron)
- Dryocosmus harrisonae <small>Melika & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus hearni <small>Melika & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus hualieni <small>Schwéger & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus israeli <small>(Sternlicht, 1968)</small>
- Dryocosmus jungalii <small>Melika & Stone, 2010</small>
- Dryocosmus konradi <small>Tang & Melika, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus kuriphilus <small>Yasumatsu, 1951</small>
- Dryocosmus liui <small>Pang, Su & Zhu, 2018</small>
- Dryocosmus liyingi <small>Melika & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus mayri <small>(Müllner, 1901)</small>
- Dryocosmus mikoi <small>Melika, Tavakoli, Stone & Azizkhani, 2006</small>
- Dryocosmus minusculus <small>Weld, 1952</small> (pumpkin gall wasp)
- Dryocosmus moriius <small>Tang & Melika, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus nitidus <small>(Giraud, 1859)</small>
- Dryocosmus pentagonalis <small>Melika & Tang, 2011</small>
- Dryocosmus quadripetiolus <small>Schwéger & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus quercuspalustris <small>(Osten Sacken, 1861)</small> (succulent oak gall wasp)
- Dryocosmus rugosus <small>Kieffer, 1899</small>
- Dryocosmus salicinai <small>Schwéger & Tang, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus taitungensis <small>Tang & Melika, 2016</small>
- Dryocosmus testisimilis <small>Tang & Melika, 2011</small>
- Dryocosmus triangularis <small>Melika & Tang, 2011</small>
- Dryocosmus zhuili <small>Liu & Zhu, 2015</small>
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