Cynips
Translingual
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larva of Cynips quercusfolii in a broken oak gall
Etymology
New Latin, altered from Late Latin cyniphes (“a kind of stinging insect”), corrupt form of Ancient Greek κνίψ (kníps), varying with σκνίψ (skníps), applied to several types of insects, especially such as live under the bark of trees
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Cynipoidea - superfamily; Cynipidae - family; Cynipinae - subfamily; Cynipini - tribe
References
Cynips on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cynips on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cynips on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cynips at World Register of Marine Species
- Cynips at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cynips at the Catalogue of Life
- Cynips at Encyclopedia of Life
- Cynips at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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