Definition of Gallflies. Meaning of Gallflies. Synonyms of Gallflies

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Definition of Gallflies

Gallflies
Gallfly Gall"fly`, n.; pl. Gallflies. (Zo["o]l.) An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall.

Meaning of Gallflies from wikipedia

- Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes...
- Aciurina bigeloviae Cotton-gall Tephritid Aciurina thoracica Desert Broom Gallfly Aciurina trixa Bubble-gall Tephritid Cecidochares connexa Chromolaena Stem...
- species Figitidae (parasitoid wasps) 56 species Cynipidae (gall wasps / gallflies) 39 species including Andricus kollari Andricus foecundatrix Andricus...
- received a Ph.D. for his studies on "The Natural Control of the Knap-weed Gallfly" conducted from 1935 to 1938. During World War II, he worked on radar installations...
- maint: location missing publisher (link) Weld, Lewis H. (1921). "American gallflies of the family Cynipidae producing subterranean galls on oak". Proceedings...