Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910 is reviewed for the first time in Mexico. A total of 23 species have been studied, 12 previously known species, 11 new species, and one new synonym: D. brasoae Cuesta-Porta, sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new genus of oak gall wasp, Reticulodermis Pujade-Villar, Cuesta-Porta & Melika gen. nov. and a new species R.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new genus of oak gall wasps, Neuroandricus Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. nov., with one new species, N.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Nearctic cynipid oak gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, comb. rev., is re-established with 34 species: F.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmphibolips is currently divided into two species-groups, clearly differentiated by adult and gall morphology. The niger group of Amphibolips species is revised. This complex includes eight species: A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Nearctic cynipid oak gall wasp genus Druon Kinsey comb. rev. is re-established, with 5 new species and 10 species previously placed in the genus Andricus Hartig 1840: D.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species, Diplolepis valtonyci Zhu, Wang Pujade-Villar sp. nova, is described from Rosa rugosa Thunb. (1784) and R.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree days before the paper "Revision of the Amphibolips species of the 'nassa' species-complex from Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)" was published in Zootaxa, another paper describing three new Amphibolips species from Mexico was published in ZooKeys. As a result, two different species have been described under the same name, 'Amphibolips kinseyi'. To solve this homonymy, a new name Amphibolips comini Cuesta-Porta Pujade-Villar, nom.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new gall wasp species, Cerroneuroterus yukawamasudai Pujade-Villar Melika sp. nov., is described from China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe cynipid gall wasp species of Amphibolips (Cynipidae: Cynipini) belonging to the "nassa" complex are reviewed for Mexico and Central America. Five new species are described: A. bassae Cuesta-Porta Pujade-Villar n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new sexual form of a gallwasp, Andricus forni Pujade-Villar Nicholls n. sp., is described from China (Zhejiang province) based on males, females and galls collected on Quercus serrata.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new genus of cynipid oak gall wasp, Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), is described. gen. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAphids are a serious pest for peach crops. They have traditionally been managed with insecticides, but there is increasing concern about the risk that insecticides pose to both humans and the environment. As a first step to use biological control in aphid management, we conducted a 3-year field survey in northeastern Spain to determine which parasitoids and hyperparasitoids were most prevalent on two aphids, (Sulzer) and spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Neotropical fauna of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) is poorly known, with numerous undescribed species and even genera. Here, we describe a new genus that also includes a new species that parasitizes Eurytominae gall-formers in fruits of Myrcianthes (Myrtaceae) in Colombia. Its conspicuous morphology supports the description of a new eurytomid genus and species, Gatesina colombiana n.
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