Grahamstoneia

Grahamstoneia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Grahamstoneia
Melika & Nicholls, 2021
Species:
G. humboldti
Binomial name
Grahamstoneia humboldti
Melika & Nicholls, 2021

Grahamstoneia is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. The genus is monotypic, with the singular species Grahamstoneia humboldti.

Grahamstoneia is named after cynipidologist and entomologist Graham Stone.

The genus occurs in the southwestern Nearctic and induces galls on Quercus vacciniifolia and Quercus chrysolepis.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Melika, George; Nicholls, James A. (2021-07-14). "A new genus of Nearctic oak gall wasp, Grahamstoneia Melika & Nicholls, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 4999 (5): 456–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4999.5.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34811334.
  2. ↑ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2023), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39OMEI, retrieved 2025-12-17