|
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. |
|
|
Key to World families, subfamilies and tribes of Cynipoidea 2024
(Nastasi LF, Davis CK, Nieves-Aldrey JL, Buffington ML, van Noort S, Deans AR, 2024).
This is an updated and revised 2024 key version of the 2020 version (still available below) incorporating changes to the herb gall wasp key couplets 14-16, and to the brachypterous or apterous Cynipoidea key couplets 33-35. Stand alone pruned keys to the world herb gall wasp tribes and apterous and brachypterous Cynipoidea are also provided below. |
Standard Dichotomus key |
|
|
 |
Key to World families, subfamilies and tribes of Cynipoidea 2020
(Buffington, Forshage, Liljeblad, Tang & van Noort, 2020) |
Standard
Dichotomus key |
|
 |
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
|
|
 |
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
|
|
|
 |
Lucid matrix key to World families of Cynipoidea
(Buffington, Forshage, Liljeblad, Tang & van Noort, 2020 ) |
Lucid matrix key |
|
|
 |
Lucid matrix key to World subfamilies of Figitidae
(Buffington, Forshage, Liljeblad, Tang & van Noort, 2020) |
Lucid matrix key |
|
|
Lucid matrix key to World tribes of Cynipidae 2024
(Nastasi LF, Davis CK, Nieves-Aldrey JL, Buffington ML, van Noort S, Deans AR, 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 |
|
|
 |
Lucid matrix key to World tribes of Cynipidae 2020
(Buffington, Forshage, Liljeblad, Tang & van Noort, 2020) |
Lucid matrix key |
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. |
Credits |
Photographs included in the keys © 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.
|
|
