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Issue: Vol. 2175 No. 1: 4 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2175.1.6
Page range: 57–65
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of an Andricus oak gallwasp from the Oriental Region: a new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)

Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227 Taiwan
Pest Diagnostic Laboratory, Plant Protection & Soil Conservation Directorate of County Vas, Ambrozy setany 2, 9762 Tanakajd (Hungary)
Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227 Taiwan
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K
Department of Forest Protection, Forest Research Institute, 3232 Mátrafüred, P.O.Box 2, Hungary
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K
Hymenoptera Cynipidae oak gallwasp Andricus taxonomy Oriental region distribution biology

Abstract

A new species of oak gallwasp, Andricus formosanus is described from Taiwan which induces integral leaf galls on Quercus dentata (Section Quercus sensu stricto). The gall and adults of the new species most closely resembles Andricus moriokae Monzen, known from Japan. Data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species is given.

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