Cynips Linnaeus, 1758

The genus is represented by nine species in the Western Palaearctic and one species, C. staminobia Kovalev, in the Eastern Palaearctic (Melika 2012) as well as many species from The Nearctic Region (Kinsey 1930, 1936; Melika & Abrahamson 2002). Three species are known from Israel on Q. boissieri .