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Issue: Vol. 5541 No. 3: 27 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.3.7
Page range: 367-374
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Description of two new species of Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 from Taiwan, Diastrophus renai and D. wushei (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Diastrophini)

Frost Entomological Museum; Department of Entomology; The Pennsylvania State University; University Park; Pennsylvania; USA
Frost Entomological Museum; Department of Entomology; The Pennsylvania State University; University Park; Pennsylvania; USA
Frost Entomological Museum; Department of Entomology; The Pennsylvania State University; University Park; Pennsylvania; USA
Hymenoptera biodiversity Cynipidae gall wasps Rosaceae Rubus

Abstract

We describe Diastrophus wushei Davis & Nastasi sp. nov. and D. renai Davis & Nastasi sp. nov., two gall wasp species collected on Wushe Mountain, Taiwan by the late Henry Townes. These species represent the first Diastrophini and potentially the first non-Fagaceae associated species of gall wasp described from Taiwan. We speculate on potential hosts plants for further study and possible avenues to elucidate their biology.

 

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