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Issue: Vol. 5693 No. 4: 19 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.4
Page range: 524-536
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A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China

Emeishan Biodiversity Observation and Research Station of Sichuan Province; Sichuan Provincial Academy of Natural Resources Sciences; Leshan; China
Key Laboratory of Bio‐Resource and Eco‐Environment of Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu; Sichuan; China
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC); Madrid; Spain
Key Laboratory of Bio‐Resource and Eco‐Environment of Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu; Sichuan; China; Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Ashworth Laboratories; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh; UK
Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Ashworth Laboratories; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh; UK
Institute of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau; Southwest Minzu University; Chengdu; China
University of Sopron; Forest Research Institute; Mátrafüred; Hungary
Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Ashworth Laboratories; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh; UK; Scotland’s Rural College; Centre for Epidemiology and Planetary Health; Inverness; UK
Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Ashworth Laboratories; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh; UK
Key Laboratory of Bio‐Resource and Eco‐Environment of Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu; Sichuan; China
Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Ashworth Laboratories; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh; UK; Key Laboratory of Bio‐Resource and Eco‐Environment of Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering; Sichuan University; Chengdu; Sichuan; China; Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Ashworth Laboratories; University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh; UK
Hymenoptera Rubus Rosaceae Diastrophini Emei bramble

Abstract

We describe a new species of gall wasp associated with Rubus lambertianus Ser. in Sichuan, China: Diastrophus emeiensis Hu, Nieves-Aldrey, Zhang & Fang sp. nov. (Cynipidae: Diastrophini) based on morphological and molecular data. This is the first Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 species recorded from mainland China, and is recovered as the sister group to the rest of Diastrophus based on our phylogenetic analysis. The diagnosis, distribution, and biology of D. emeiensis is provided, along with a brief discussion of the evolutionary history of Diastrophus.

 

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How to Cite

Fang, Z., Hu, W., Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., Mccormack, K., Tang, C.-T., Zhu, Y., Csóka, G., Hearn, J., Sinclair, F.H., Mao, K., Stone, G.N. & Zhang, Y.M. (2025) A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China. Zootaxa, 5693 (4), 524–536. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.4