Diplolepis fructuum (Rübsaamen, 1895) is a hymenopteran gall wasp which causes a galls on wild roses.[1] The species is closely related[2] to D. rosae and D. mayri but it produces its galls in the seeds of wild roses thus damaging its hips.[3] The species is distributed mainly in the Northern regions of the Middle East, the Caucasus region and Northern shores of the Black Sea.[citation needed]
| Diplolepis fructuum | |
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| Mature gall on wild rose[clarification needed] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Diplolepididae |
| Genus: | Diplolepis |
| Species: | D. fructuum
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplolepis fructuum (Rübsaamen, 1895)
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References
edit- ^ Hosseinali, LOTFALIZADEH; Mojtaba, RAJABI; Seyed Massoud, MADJDZADEH (2012). "Parasitoid community of Diplolepis fructuum (Rübsaamen) (Hym.: Cynipidae) in Kerman Province, with checklist of associated Hymenoptera fauna in Iran" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 8: 125–131.
- ^ Zhang, Y. M.; Lászlo, Z.; Looney, C.; Dénes, A. L.; Hanner, R. H. & Shorthouse, J. D. (2019). "DNA barcodes reveal inconsistent species boundaries in Diplolepis rose gall wasps and their Periclistus inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. First View (6): 717–727. doi:10.4039/tce.2019.59. S2CID 204157250.
- ^ Güçlü, S.; Hayat, R.; Shorthouse, J. D. & Tozlu, G. (2008). "Gall-inducing wasps of the genus Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on shrub roses of Turkey". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110(1), 204-218.