Definition of Genus Andricus

1. Noun. Cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks.

Exact synonyms: Andricus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Cynipidae, Family Cynipidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Andricus

genus Anagyris
genus Ananas
genus Anaphalis
genus Anarhichas
genus Anas
genus Anasa
genus Anastatica
genus Anastomus
genus Anatotitan
genus Anchusa
genus Ancistrodon
genus Ancylus
genus Andira
genus Andreaea
genus Andrena
genus Andricus (current term)
genus Andromeda
genus Andropogon
genus Andryala
genus Aneides
genus Anemia
genus Anemone
genus Anemonella
genus Anemopsis
genus Anethum
genus Angelica
genus Angiopteris
genus Angraecum
genus Angrecum
genus Anguilla

Literary usage of Genus Andricus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. California Gall-making Cynipidae: With Descriptions of New Species by Mary Isabel McCracken, Dorothy Barnes Egbert (1922)
"Within the latter the very immature small larva lies within a relatively large central cell. Genus ANDRICUS Hartig 29. ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... by the late Homer F. Bassett and was subsequently placed in the genus Andricus by Dr. William II. Ashmead. Bassett some years later ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"Out of these galls in about two months emerge tiny, smooth gall flies, male and female, which belong to the genus Andricus. These flies immediately pair and ..."

4. A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera by Peter. Carmeron (1893)
"... and there is a depression in the centre of the scutellum. Bred by Rev. TA Marshall at Barnstaple from the Aphis of the nettle. Genus ANDRICUS. ..."

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