Feron (genus)

Genus of insects

Feron

The galls formed by Feron kingi (bottom left) and Feron parmula (across center) on an oak leaf
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Cynipidae
Tribe:  | Cynipini
Genus:  | Feron
Kinsey, 1937
Synonyms[1]

Andricus Hartig, 1840

Feron is a genus of oak gall wasps in the Nearctic. It was established by Alfred Kinsey in 1937, then re-established in 2023.[2]

## Species[edit]

The following species are grouped into Feron:[2]

* Feron albicomus (Weld, 1952)
* Feron amphorus (Weld, 1926)
* Feron apiarium (Weld, 1944)
* Feron atrimentum (Kinsey, 1922)
* Feron bakkeri (Lyon, 1984)
* Feron caepula (Weld, 1926)
* Feron californicum (Beutenmueller, 1911)
* Feron clarkei (Bassett, 1890)
* Feron comatum (Weld, 1952)
* Feron crystallinum (Bassett, 1900)
* Feron cylindratum (Kinsey, 1937)
* Feron discale (Weld, 1926)
* Feron discularis (Weld, 1926)
* Feron dumosae (Weld, 1957)
* Feron gigas (Kinsey, 1922)
* Feron izabellae (Melika, Nicholls & Stone)
* Feron kingi (Bassett, 1900)
* Feron parmula (Bassett, 1900)
* Feron pattersonae (Fullaway, 1911)
* Feron roberti (Melika, Nicholls & Stone)
* Feron rucklei (Melika, Nicholls & Stone)
* Feron scutellum (Weld, 1930)
* Feron serranoae (Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta)
* Feron splendens (Weld, 1919)
* Feron stellare (Weld, 1926)
* Feron stellulum (Burnett, 1974)
* Feron sulfureum (Weld, 1926)
* Feron syndicorum (Pujade-Villar & Cuesta-Porta)
* Feron tecturnarum (Kinsey, 1920)
* Feron tetyanae (Melika)
* Feron tibiale (Kinsey, 1937)
* Feron tubifaciens (Weld, 1926)
* Feron verutum (Kinsey, 1937)
* Feron vitreum (Kinsey, 1937)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Feron". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
2. ^ a b Cuesta-Porta, Victor; Melika, George; Nicholls, James A.; Stone, Graham N.; Pujade-Villar, Juli (2023-11-07). "Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including the description of six new species". Zootaxa. 5366 (1): 1–174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5366.1.1. hdl:20.500.11820/8d7cf66b-8011-4572-b520-b8f5d78deae2. ISSN 1175-5334.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q123409855
* GBIF: 4497053
* IRMNG: 1161524

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