Feron (wasp)

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]

Feron specie of gallformers

Feron
The galls formed by Feron kingi (bottom left) and Feron parmula (across center) on an oak leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Tribe:	Cynipini
Genus:	Feron Kinsey, 1937
Synonyms[1]
Andricus Hartig, 1840

Species

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)