Besbicus (wasp)



Besbicus is a genus of gall-inducing cynipid wasp found in North America. Several species now classed as Besbicus were formerly considered to be a part of the genus Cynips. Besbicus was originally described as a subgenus by Alfred Kinsey in 1929. Circa 2010, one group of entomologists noted that it was "possible that the nearctic genera Antron and Besbicus were erroneously synonymized to Cynips".

Taxonomy
Besbicus contains the following species:
 * Besbicus conspicuus
 * Besbicus heldae
 * Besbicus mirabilis
 * Besbicus maculosus
 * Besbicus multipunctatus