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Issue: Vol. 3999 No. 4: 12 Aug. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-08-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.1
Page range: 451–497
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Synergus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from the Eastern Palaearctic

University of Szeged, Department of Ecology, Közép fasor 52 Szeged, Hungary.
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.
Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227 Taiwan.
Biological Resesarch Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics, Temesvári krt 62, Szeged, 6726.
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.
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K.
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K.
University of Szeged, Department of Ecology, Közép fasor 52 Szeged, Hungary. Biological Resesarch Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics, Temesvári krt 62, Szeged, 6726.
Hymenoptera Cynipidae inquiline Synergini Synergus Saphonecrus taxonomy morphology

Abstract

Eight new species of cynipid inquilines, Synergus abei Melika & Schwéger, S. belizinellus Schwéger & Melika, S. changtitangi Melika & Schwéger, S. formosanus Schwéger & Melika, S. ishikarii Melika & Schwéger, S. kawakamii Tang & Melika, S. khazani Melika & Schwéger and S. symbioticus Schwéger & Melika, from the Eastern Palaearctic are described. Descriptions, diagnoses, biology, and host associations for the new species and a key to all known Eastern Palaearctic Synergus species are given. All taxa are supported by morphological and molecular data. We discuss the status of all previously described Eastern Palaearctic Synergus species, and provide validation and synonymization of some species.