Publications by authors named "J L Nieves-Aldrey"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines how the invasion of the gall inducer *Yasumatsu 1951* affects local species interactions, focusing on gall inducers and their parasitoids in Spanish chestnut tree ecosystems.
- - By analyzing bipartite networks, researchers found that native parasitoids primarily derive from existing native gall communities, with notable diversity emerging in less than ten years.
- - The investigation reveals that parasitoids are more specialized when looking at host plant taxa, indicating that the native community is adapting quickly to utilize previously unexploited gall resources.
Chalcidoidea are mostly parasitoid wasps that include as many as 500 000 estimated species. Capturing phylogenetic signal from such a massive radiation can be daunting. Chalcidoidea is an excellent example of a hyperdiverse group that has remained recalcitrant to phylogenetic resolution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new genus of herb gall wasps, Fumariphilus Nieves-Aldrey gen. nov., (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Aulacideini), is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new genus, Prokius Nieves Aldrey, Medianero Nicholls, gen. nov., and two new species of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), Prokius cambrai Medianero Nieves-Aldrey sp.
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- Recent studies challenge the taxonomy and classification of certain gall wasp genera in the Cynipini group, prompting a re-evaluation of the genus Kokkocynips, which was previously thought to be monotypic and limited to Mexico.
- A new species, Kokkocynips panamensis, was discovered in Panama and is associated with galls on a specific oak species, while additional records of the original species, K. doctorrosae, have been found in Mexico.
- Six Nearctic species are reassigned to Kokkocynips, and the article discusses the genus's taxonomic boundaries, providing diagnostic features, gall characteristics, and a key for identifying various species.