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Issue: Vol. 3545 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3545.1.1
Page range: 1–40
Abstract views: 55
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Revision of the Amphibolips species of Mexico excluding the "niger complex" Kinsey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), with description of seven new species

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, ES-28006 Madrid, Spain
Laboratorio de Ecología Genética y Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, 58190 Michoacán, México México
Laboratorio de Ecología Genética y Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, 58190 Michoacán, México México
Programa Centroamericano de Maestría en Entomología, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de Panamá, C. P. 0824
Laboratorio de Ecología Genética y Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, 58190 Michoacán, México México
Hymenoptera Cynipidae oak gall wasps Quercus Mexico

Abstract

The species of Amphibolips Reinhard 1865 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) of Mexico not included in the “niger complex” Kinsey 1937 are revised. The “nassa complex” recently created by Melika et al. (2011) for these species is questioned. As a result of faunistic surveys of oak gall wasps in Mexico, seven new species of Amphibolips are described: Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado, A. malinche Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. jaliscensis Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. oaxacae Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. nevadensis Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. tarasco Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual and A. michoacaensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado. The types of A. dampfi Kinsey 1937, A. nebris Kinsey 1937 and A. fusus Kinsey 1937 are revised, redescribed and compared with the new species described herein. A new key for the identification of adults of all species not included in the “niger complex” from Mexico, including the related species A. castroviejoi Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey and A. aliciae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey from Panama, is presented.  Diagnostic characters, distribution data, host plants and species biology are provided for of all of the studied species. The richness and distribution of Amphibolips in Mexico and the Neotropical region, their known biological data, and the taxonomic limits of this genus are also discussed.

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