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Issue: Vol. 4472 No. 1: 7 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.7
Page range: 141–152
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A new genus of oak gallwasp, Protobalandricus Melika, Nicholls & Stone (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from California

Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
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.
Hymenoptera Protobalanus golden cup oak California Andricus spectabilis Disholcaspis spectabilis

Abstract

We describe a new genus of cynipid oak gallwasp, Protobalandricus Melika, Nicholls & Stone (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Protobalandricus gen. nov. includes one previously described species, Disholcaspis spectabilis (Kinsey), which induces stem swelling-like galls on golden cup oaks, Quercus section Protobalanus. Descriptions of the genus and diagnostic characters, including DNA sequence data, are presented.

 

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