Ufo (wasp)

This article is about the gall wasp genus. For other uses, see UFO (disambiguation).

Ufo is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Synergini, first discovered in Japan.^[1] Its genus name Ufo comes from the common phrase "unidentified flying object", in this case applied because the researchers did not know what the wasp was when they first saw it.^[1]

Ufo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Tribe:	Synergini
Genus:	Ufo Melika et Pujade-Villar, 2005
Species
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Genera

Four species are currently classified within Ufo.^[2]

• U. abei (Melika et al. 2005)
• U. cerroneuroteri (Melika et al. 2012)
• U. koreanus (Melika et al. 2007)
• U. nipponicus (Melika et al. 2012)

Saphonecrus shirakashii and S. shirokashicola were formerly placed in Ufo, but further research indicated they were better placed in Saphonecrus.^[2]