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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Diastrophus |
| Species: | D. kincaidii
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| Binomial name | |
| Diastrophus kincaidii Gillette, 1893
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References
edit- ^ Wangberg, J. K. (1975). "Biology of the thimbleberry gallmaker Diastrophus kincaidii". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 51 (1): 39–48 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ 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.
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