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Synergus pacificus McCracken & Egbert 1922

Description

Synergus pacificus McCracken & Egbert, 1922

Synergus pacificus McCracken & Egbert, 1922. Stanford Univ., Pubs., Univ. Ser. Biol. Sci. 3 (1): 56. Type material: CAS (lectotype), paralectotypes in CAS and USNM.

Synergus profusus McCracken & Egbert, 1922. Stanford Univ., Pubs., Univ. Ser. Biol. Sci. 3 (1): 59. Type material: CAS (lectotype), paralectotypes in CAS and USNM. Synonymized by Lobato-Vila et al. (2020c: 24).

Diagnosis. See Lobato-Vila et al. (2020c: 24).

Distribution. USA: California (McCracken & Egbert 1922).

Biology. Reared from galls of Heteroecus pacificus (Ashmead, 1896) (= Andricus pacificus) on Q. chrysolepis, and from galls of Disholcaspis canescens (Bassett, 1890) on Q. douglasii (McCracken & Egbert 1922).

Remarks. The type material of both Synergus pacificus and S. profusus was examined and the species was redescribed and illustrated by Lobato-Vila et al. (2020c: 24).

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CAS , CAS, USNM
Scientific name authorship
McCracken & Egbert
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Synergus
Species
pacificus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Synergus pacificus McCracken, 1922 sec. Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, 2021

References

  • 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
  • Ashmead, W. H. (1896) Descriptions of new parasitic Hymenoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 23 (2), 179 - 234.