Oak-ecosystem

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• Disholcaspis lacuna

  Disholcaspis lacuna is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. Like other members of its genus, it induces the formation of characteristic galls on oak trees (Quercus spp.). The species exhibits the typical cynipid life cycle involving alternation of generations, with separate sexual and parthenogenetic (agamic) generations that produce distinct gall forms. Its biology and gall morphology are less documented than those of congeners such as D. quercusmamma and D. quercusglobulus.

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