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Identification keys are presented in two different formats:
traditional
dichotomous keys where a choice needs to be made at each key couplet to continue,
and Lucid matrix keys where relevant states
from multiple character features can be selected independently until
identification is achieved. For more information concerning Lucid keys visit
www.lucidcentral.org. |
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Lucid matrix key to World tribes of Cynipidae
2024
(Louis F. Nastasi, Charles K. Davis, José Luis Nieves-Aldrey, Matthew L. Buffington, Simon Van Noort, Andrew R. Deans, 2024).
This is an updated and revised key to Cynipidae sensu lato retaining taxa that have subsequently been elevated to family or subfamily rank since 2020: Diplolepididae, Pediaspidinae (now a subfamily in Diplolepididae), Paraulacidae (all of which were former tribes in Cynipinae). |
Lucid matrix key |
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Lucid matrix key to World tribes of Cynipidae 2020
(Buffington, Forshage, Liljeblad, Tang & van Noort, 2020) |
Lucid matrix key |
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Key to tribes of World Herb Gall wasps (Cynipidae)
(Nastasi LF, Davis CK, Nieves-Aldrey JL, Buffington ML, van Noort S, Deans AR, 2024). |
Lucid pathway key |
Standard Dichotomus key |
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Key to apterous and brachypterous Cynipoidea
(Nastasi LF, Davis CK, Nieves-Aldrey JL, Buffington ML, van Noort S, Deans AR, 2024). |
Lucid pathway key |
Standard Dichotomus key |
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References |
Buffington ML, Forshage M, Liljeblad J, Tang CT, van Noort, S. 2020.
World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera):a key to higher-level groups. Insect Systematics and Diversity
4(4): 1–69.
https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003
Nastasi LF, Davis CK, Nieves-Aldrey JL, Buffington ML, van Noort S, Deans AR. 2024. Review of herb gall wasp tribes (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), with an updated key to cynipid tribes and a checklist of world species.
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015.
Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353 |
Credits
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Photographs included in the key © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or Matt
Buffington
(Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).
Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.
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