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Issue: Vol. 3105 No. 1: 22 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3105.1.2
Page range: 47–59
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 3

New Amphibolips gallwasp species from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Pest Diagnostic Laboratory, Plant Protection & Soil Conservation Directorate of County Vas, Ambrozy setany 9762 Tanakajd (Hungary)
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230 Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México (México)
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, 56230 Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México (México)
División de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Km 38.5 Carretera México-Texcoco. Chapingo, Estado de México, México
División de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Km 38.5 Carretera México-Texcoco. Chapingo, Estado de México, México
Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028-Barcelona (Spain)
Hymenoptera new species Quercus oak gallwasp taxonomy morphology distribution biology

Abstract

Two new species of oak gallwasp, Amphibolips zacatecaensis Melika & Pujade-Villar and A. hidalgoensis Pujade-Villar & Melika, are described from Mexico, known to induce galls on Quercus eduardi, Q. crassipes, Q. candicans and Q. crassifolia (section Lobatae, red oaks). Only females are known. Data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species are given.

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