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Synergus agrifoliae Ashmead 1896

Description

Synergus agrifoliae Ashmead, 1896

Synergus agrifoliae Ashmead, 1896. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 23: 189. Type material: USNM.

Synergus maculatus Fullaway, 1911. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 4: 371 [not Synergus maculatus Tavares, 1920]. Type material: USNM. Synonymized by Weld (1952: 337).

Synergus obscurus McCracken & Egbert, 1922. Stanford Univ., Pubs., Univ. Ser. Biol. Sci. 3 (1): 57. Type material: CAS. Synonymized by Weld (1952: 337).

Diagnosis. See Lobato-Vila et al. (2020c: 4).

Distribution. USA: California (Ashmead 1896; Fullaway 1911; McCracken & Egbert 1922; Lobato-Vila et al. 2020c).

Biology. Reared from a gall ‘not unlike Neuroterus saltatorius (Edwards, 1874) occurring on Quercus agrifolia ’ (Ashmead 1896: 189). Also, from small round brown galls, 2.0 mm in diameter located on upper sides of leaves of Q. agrifolia (Fullaway 1911: 371; McCracken & Egbert 1922: 58), as well as from unknown galls on Q. garryana (Lobato-Vila et al. 2020c).

Remarks. The type material of Synergus agrifoliae was examined and the species was redescribed and illustrated by Lobato-Vila et al. (2020c: 4).

Notes

Published as part of Lobato-Vila, Irene & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2021, The genus Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) in the New World: a complete taxonomic revision with a key to species, pp. 1-121 in Zootaxa 4906 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4906.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4434000

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Scientific name authorship
Ashmead
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Synergus
Species
agrifoliae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Synergus agrifoliae Ashmead, 1896 sec. Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2021

References

  • Ashmead, W. H. (1896) Descriptions of new parasitic Hymenoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23 (2), 179 - 234.
  • Fullaway, D. T. (1911) Monograph of the gall-making Cynipidae (Cynipinae) of California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 4 (4), 331 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 4.4.331
  • Weld, L. H. (1952) New American cynipid wasps from galls. Proceedings of the Unites States National Museum, 102 (3304), 315 - 342. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.102 - 3304.315
  • McCracken, I. & Egbert, D. (1922) California gall-making Cynipidae with descriptions of new species. Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences, 3 (1), 1 - 76.
  • Lobato-Vila, I., Equihua-Martinez, A., Estrada-Venegas, E., Cibrian-Tovar, D., Barrera-Ruiz, U. M. & Pujade-Villar, J. (2020 c) Synergus Hartig species group (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) with partially smooth mesopleurae from the New World. Zootaxa, 4822 (1), 1 - 38. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4822.1.1