Druon

Druon

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Druon: //ˈdruː.ɒn//

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Images

Druon ignotum-galls by peterwchen. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Druon quercuslanigerum asexual gall by Brendansoloughlin. Used under a CC0 license.
Druon quercuslanigerum sexual gall by Brendansoloughlin. Used under a CC0 license.
Druon quercuslanigerum Sexual Generation Female by Brendansoloughlin. Used under a CC0 license.
Druon quercuslanigerum sexual female ovipositing by Brendansoloughlin. Used under a CC0 license.
Druon quercuslanigerum asexual generation by Brendansoloughlin. Used under a CC0 license.

Summary

Druon Kinsey, 1937 is a genus of gall wasps within the family Cynipidae. It was established by A.C. Kinsey and has been subject to taxonomic changes including reclassification. Recent studies have resurrected the genus due to new findings regarding its species' generation cycles.

Life Cycle

All species are known only from their asexual generation except for D. ignotum and D. quercuslanigerum, for which alternating asexual and sexual generations are known.

Evolution

Originally established by Kinsey, Weld synonymized it within Andricus, but it was recently resurrected by Cuesta-Porta et al. 2022.

Tags

  • Druon
  • Cynipid gall wasps
  • Hymenoptera
  • Cynipidae