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Synergus nicaraguensis Diaz & Gallardo 1998

Description

Synergus nicaraguensis Díaz & Gallardo, 1998

Synergus nicaraguensis Díaz & Gallardo, 1998. Rev. Nica. Entomol. 43: 44. Type material: MEL (holotype), paratypes in MEL and MLP.

Diagnosis. See Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero (2011: 9).

Distribution. Nicaragua (Díaz & Gallardo 1998) and Panama (Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero 2011).

Biology. Reared from undetermined stem galls similar to Trigonaspis? quercusforticorne (Walsh, 1864) (incertae sedis after Pujade-Villar et al. 2018) on Q. oleoides from Nicaragua (Díaz & Gallardo 1998); and from stem galls of an undescribed Disholcaspis species on Q. lancifolia from Panama (Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero 2011).

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 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4906.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4434000

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MEL , MEL, MLP
Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Synergus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Diaz & Gallardo
Species
nicaraguensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Synergus nicaraguensis Diaz, 1998 sec. Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2021

References

  • Diaz, N. B. & Gallardo, F. (1998) Synergus nicaraguensis una nueva especie de agastoparasitoide de la familia Cynipidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). Revista Nicaraguensis Entomologia, 43, 41 - 51.
  • Nieves-Aldrey, J. L. & Medianero, E. (2011) Taxonomy of inquilines of oak gall wasps of Panama, with description of eight new species of Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Synergini). Zootaxa, 2774 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2774.1.1
  • Walsh, B. D. (1864) On dimorphism in the hymenopterous genus Cynips; with an appendix, containing hints for a new classification of Cynipidae and a list of Cynipidae, including descriptions of several new species, inhabiting the oak-galls of Illinois. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 2, 443 - 500.
  • Pujade-Villar, J., Ferrer-Suay, M., Cuesta-Porta, V. & Lobato-Vila, I. (2018) Does Biorhiza Westwood, 1840 (Hym.: Cynipidae) exist in Mexico? Folia Entomologica Mexicana, Nueva Serie, 4 (3), 110 ‾ 127.