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Issue: Vol. 5757 No. 3: 5 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5757.3.6
Page range: 294-300
Abstract views: 18
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Neuroterus paradecrescens, a new species of oak gall wasp from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)

Posgrado en Fitosanidad; Entomología y Acarología; Colegio de Postgraduados; Carretera México-Texcoco; Km 36.5; 56230- Montecillo; Estado de México (México).
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Centro De Agroecología; Instituto de Ciencias. Edificio VAL 1. Km 1.7 Carr. a San Baliazar Tetela; San Pedro Zacachlmalpa; 72960-Puebla; México.
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Centro De Agroecología; Instituto de Ciencias. Edificio VAL 1. Km 1.7 Carr. a San Baliazar Tetela; San Pedro Zacachlmalpa; 72960-Puebla; México.
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Centro De Agroecología; Instituto de Ciencias. Edificio VAL 1. Km 1.7 Carr. a San Baliazar Tetela; San Pedro Zacachlmalpa; 72960-Puebla; México.
Posgrado en Fitosanidad; Entomología y Acarología; Colegio de Postgraduados; Carretera México-Texcoco; Km 36.5; 56230- Montecillo; Estado de México (México).
Posgrado en Fitosanidad; Entomología y Acarología; Colegio de Postgraduados; Carretera México-Texcoco; Km 36.5; 56230- Montecillo; Estado de México (México).
Universitat de Barcelona; Facultat de Biologia; Departament de Biologia Evolutiva; Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals. Avda. Diagonal 643; 08028-Barcelona. Cataluña.
Retired entomologist. Budapest; Hungary.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala; Laboratorio de Ecología y Taxonomía de Árboles y Arbustos. Av. de los Barrios 1; Los Reyes Iztacala. Tlalnepantla de Baz; Estado de México.
Universitat de Barcelona; Facultat de Biologia; Departament de Biologia Evolutiva; Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals. Avda. Diagonal 643; 08028-Barcelona. Cataluña.
Hymenoptera Neuroterus paradecrescens oak gall wasp Cynipidae

Abstract

A new species of oak gall wasp, Neuroterus paradecrescens García-Martiñón & Pujade-Villar sp. nov. is described. The description is based on the asexual female generation, that induces galls on the leaves of different endemic oak species of section Quercus. Galls are very similar to Neuroterus saltatorius var. decrescens from Arizona (USA). Diagnosis, distribution and data on the biology of the new species are given. This species represents one of the smallest species of gall wasps.

 

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How to Cite

García-Martiñón, R.D., Bravo-Cuautle, S., Pérez-Torres, B.C., Aragón-García, A., Equihua-Martínez, A., Venegas, E.G.E.-., Cuesta-Porta, V., Melika, G., Romero-Rangel, S. & Pujade-Villar, J. (2026) Neuroterus paradecrescens, a new species of oak gall wasp from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa, 5757 (3), 294–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5757.3.6