Andricus synophri (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), a new species of oak gallwasp from Iran

Pujade-Villar, Juli; Tavakoli, Majid; Melika, George; Ferrer-Suay, Mar

Andricus synophri (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), a new species of oak gallwasp from Iran

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Juli Pujade-Villar ¹

Majid Tavakoli ²

George Melika ³

Mar Ferrer-Suay ⁴

¹ Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028-Barcelona (Spain).

² University of Tabriz, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Tabriz, Iran.

³ Plant Health and Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-environment, Budaörsi str. 141-145, Budapest 1118, Hungary.

⁴ American Museum of Natural Hiistory, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.

Abstract

A new species of oak gallwasp, Andricus synophri (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) is described from Iran. Data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species are given. This species is known only from asexual females and induces galls on the twigs of Quercus brantii and Q. libani. Galls aremultilocular, develop on lateral buds of young branches. According to its morphology, Andricus synophri belongs to a large group of 12 Andricus species, the “Adleria non-kollari” group.

Graphical Abstract

Andricus synophri (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), a new species of oak gallwasp from Iran

Keywords

Cynipini

Andricus

Taxonomy

Iran

distribution

new species

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