A Taxonomic Review of the Gall Wasp Genus Dalla-Torre and Kieffer and other Oak Cynipid Inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Mainland China, with Updated Keys to Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Species.

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Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: (Pujade-Villar); (Lobato-Vila).

Published: March 2021

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  • The study reviews various species of oak cynipid inquilines from the Parasitic Hymenoptera Collection at Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, focusing on those in mainland China.
  • Two new species are introduced, while four others are reported for the first time in the region, alongside updates on their biology, distribution, and illustrations.
  • The research also addresses the uncertain status of three species from different geographical locations, and discusses the validity of some species in the Nearctic region and their classification.

Article Abstract

After the examination of the oak cynipid inquilines deposited in the Parasitic Hymenoptera Collection of the Agriculture and Forestry University of Zhejiang (ZAFU, China), we provide a revision of the species of , , (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) and (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini) found in mainland China. Two new species of are described: Lobato-Vila and Pujade-Villar, sp. nov. and Lobato-Vila and Pujade-Villar, sp. nov. Four species ( Melika and Schwéger, 2015, Schwéger and Tang, 2015, Melika and Schwéger, 2015, and Tang, Schwéger and Melika, 2015) are new records for this region. We also provide new data on the biology and distribution, redescriptions, illustrations and corrections to some of the species, as well as updated keys to Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental species of and . Three species of are considered to have an uncertain status: (Ashmead, 1885) from the USA, (Kieffer, 1904) from India, and Belizin, 1968 from China. The validity of in the Nearctic region as well as the current status of Weld, 1926 from the Philippines and Weld, 1944 from the USA are discussed.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8315927PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2021.60-10DOI Listing

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