A new genus of oak gallwasp, Cyclocynips Melika, Tang & Sinclair (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with descriptions of two new species from Taiwan

Zootaxa. 2013:3630:534-48. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.3.8.

Abstract

A new genus of cynipid oak gallwasp-Cyclocynips Melika, Tang, & Sinclair (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with two new species--C. uberis and C. tumorvirgae--reared from galls on oaks of the Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis is described from Taiwan. Descriptions of asexual generation adults and their diagnostic characters are presented. The likelihood of yet undiscovered sexual generations and the evolution of host-plant associations in these species are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution
  • Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
  • Animal Structures / growth & development
  • Animals
  • Body Size
  • Female
  • Host Specificity
  • Hymenoptera / anatomy & histology
  • Hymenoptera / classification*
  • Hymenoptera / genetics
  • Hymenoptera / physiology
  • Organ Size
  • Plant Diseases / parasitology*
  • Quercus / parasitology*
  • Taiwan