Chrysolepicynips

Chrysolepicynips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Chrysolepicynips; Stone, Nicholls, Melika & Tang

Chrysolepicynips is a genus of gall wasp. The genus was erected in 2026 and encompasses former members of the genus Dryocosmus which use chinquapins as their hosts. It can be separated from Dryocosmus based on the following characteristics: Presence of white setae on head and mesosoma; mesoscutellar foveae divided by an elevated narrow central carina; and lateral propodeal carinae being sub-parallel.

Species

Chrysolepicynips castanopsidis (Beutenmüller, 1917) (Chinquapin flower gall wasp)
Chrysolepicynips demartinii (Melika, Nicholls & Stone, 2018)
Chrysolepicynips juliae (Melika, Nicholls & Stone, 2018)
Chrysolepicynips rileypokei (Morita & Buffington, 2009)

References

1 2 Tang, Chang-Ti; Nicholls, James A; Melika, George; Buffington, Matthew L; Gates, Michael W; Lill, John T; Mapes, Carol C; Yang, Man-Miao; Abe, Yoshihisa; Stone, Graham N (2026-03-06). Almeida, Eduardo (ed.). "Confirmation, consequences and causes of extensive polyphyly in the oak gall wasp genus Dryocosmus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 10 (2). doi:10.1093/isd/ixag006. ISSN 2399-3421.
↑ "Genus Chrysolepicynips". Gallformers. Retrieved 2026-10-19.
1 2 Buffington, Matthew L.; Morita, Shelah I. (2009). "Not All Oak Gall Wasps Gall Oaks: The Description of Dryocosmus rileypokei, A New, Apostate Species of Cynipini from California". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 111 (1): 244–253. doi:10.4289/0013-8797-111.1.244. ISSN 0013-8797.
1 2 3 Nicholls, James A.; Melika, George; DeMARTINI, John; Stone, Graham N. (2018-12-19). "New species of Dryocosmus Giraud gallwasps from California (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling Chrysolepis Hjelmq. (Fagaceae)". Zootaxa. 4532 (3): 407–433. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334.

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[Journal-1-1] 1 2 Tang, Chang-Ti; Nicholls, James A; Melika, George; Buffington, Matthew L; Gates, Michael W; Lill, John T; Mapes, Carol C; Yang, Man-Miao; Abe, Yoshihisa; Stone, Graham N (2026-03-06). Almeida, Eduardo (ed.). "Confirmation, consequences and causes of extensive polyphyly in the oak gall wasp genus Dryocosmus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 10 (2). doi:10.1093/isd/ixag006. ISSN 2399-3421.

[2] "Genus Chrysolepicynips". Gallformers. Retrieved 2026-10-19.

[Journal-2-3] 1 2 Buffington, Matthew L.; Morita, Shelah I. (2009). "Not All Oak Gall Wasps Gall Oaks: The Description of Dryocosmus rileypokei, A New, Apostate Species of Cynipini from California". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 111 (1): 244–253. doi:10.4289/0013-8797-111.1.244. ISSN 0013-8797.

[Journal-3-4] 1 2 3 Nicholls, James A.; Melika, George; DeMARTINI, John; Stone, Graham N. (2018-12-19). "New species of Dryocosmus Giraud gallwasps from California (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling Chrysolepis Hjelmq. (Fagaceae)". Zootaxa. 4532 (3): 407–433. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.6. ISSN 1175-5334.