Diastrophus kincaidii, also known as the thimbleberry gallmaker wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces integral stem galls on thimbleberry plants.[1] Galls induced by this wasp are the foundation of a derivative ecosystem, supporting a weevil and at least nine parasitic wasps.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wangberg, J. K. (1975). "Biology of the thimbleberry gallmaker Diastrophus kincaidii". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 51 (1): 39–48 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 322–323. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastrophus_kincaidii
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