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Issue: Vol. 1854 No. 1: 20 Aug. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-08-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1854.1.2
Page range: 16–32
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of herb gallwasps from the Middle East (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Aylacini)

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Urmia University
Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center Khorramabad, Lorestan, P. O. Box 348, Iran
Systematic Parasitoid Laboratory, Plant Protection and Soil Conservation Service of County Vas, 9762 Tanakajd, Ambrozy setany 2, Hungary
Hymenoptera Cynipidae gallwasp Aylacini Isocolus Aulacidea morphology

Abstract

Four new species of cynipid herb gallwasps, Aulacidea tavakolii Melika, new species; Isocolus freidbergi Melika, new species; Isocolus beheni Melika & Karimpour, new species and Isocolus karimpouri Melika & Tavakoli, new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aylacini) from Iran and Israel are described. Data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species are given. Seven species of aylacine gallwasps were known from the Middle East. One species, Isocolus centaureae Diakontschuk, reported for the first time from this region.

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