Cynipinae

Cynipinae is a subfamily of gall wasps (Cynipidae).^[1] Many of the approximately 1,500 described species cause galls on oaks, but some induce galls on other plant species or are inquilines of the gall-inducing species.^[1][2] Species occur on all continents, except Antarctica, with most found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.^[1] All extant cynipid species are within Cynipinae since the only other recognized subfamily is Hodiernocynipinae, which is based on the fossil genus Hodiernocynips.^[3]

Cynipinae
Andricus dimorphus galls on Bur Oak leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Subfamily:	Cynipinae Latreille, 1802

Diastrophus nebulosus (tribe Diastrophini) emerging from gall

Tribes

There are 9 tribes currently recognized within Cynipinae:^[1]

• Aylacini
• Aulacideini
• Ceroptresini
• Cynipini (oak gall wasps)
• Diastrophini
• Eschatocerini
• Phanacidini
• Qwaqwaiini
• Synergini