Plant Health Diagnostic National Reference Laboratory, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budarsi str. 141-145, Budapest 1118, Hungary. .
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K. 3Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Dec 23;5084(1):1-131. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5084.1.1.
Twenty nine new species of cynipid oak gall wasps from the Nearctic region (America north of Mexico) are described: Andricus archboldi Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., A. catalinensis Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A. chapmanii Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., A. chiricahuensis Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A. coconinoensis Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A. columbiensis Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A. cooki Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A. fitzpatricki Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., A. highlandensis Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A. mellificus Nicholls, Stone Melika, sp. nov., A. menkei Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., A. mogollonensis Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A. nichollsi Melika Stone, sp. nov., A. schickae Nicholls, Melika Stone, sp. nov., A. torreyaensis Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., A. williami Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., Antron lovellae Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., A.tomkursari Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., Dryocosmus archboldi Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., Loxaulus virginianae Melika Buss, sp. nov., Neuroterus alexandrae Nicholls Melika, sp. nov., N. aliceae Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., N. bussae Melika Nicholls, sp. nov., N. oblongifoliae Nicholls, Stone Melika, sp. nov., N. quaili Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., N. rosieae Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov., N. stonei Melika Nicholls, sp. nov., Zapatella abrahamsoni Melika, sp. nov., Z. brooksvillei Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov.. Alternate asexual and sexual generations are described for four species, Andricus archboldi Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., A. fitzpatricki Melika Abrahamson, sp. nov., A. schickae Nicholls, Melika Stone, sp. nov., Neuroterus aliceae Melika, Nicholls Stone, sp. nov.. Descriptions, diagnoses, plus information on biology and host associations are given for all new species. All taxa are supported by morphological data; matching of generations is established using DNA sequence data. We also demonstrate that Neuroterus niger var. alimas Kinsey should be considered as a nomen dubium.
描述了来自北美的近北极地区(墨西哥以北的美洲)的 29 种新的 Cynipid 栎树瘿蜂:Andricus archboldi Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.,A. catalinensis Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A. chapmanii Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.,A. chiricahuensis Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A. coconinoensis Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A. columbiensis Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A. cooki Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A. fitzpatricki Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.,A. highlandensis Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A. mellificus Nicholls、Stone Melika,sp. nov.,A. menkei Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.,A. mogollonensis Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A. nichollsi Melika Stone,sp. nov.,A. schickae Nicholls、Melika Stone,sp. nov.,A. torreyaensis Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.,A. williami Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,Antron lovellae Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,A.tomkursari Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,Dryocosmus archboldi Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.,Loxaulus virginianae Melika Buss,sp. nov.,Neuroterus alexandrae Nicholls Melika,sp. nov.,N. aliceae Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,N. bussae Melika Nicholls,sp. nov.,N. oblongifoliae Nicholls、Stone Melika,sp. nov.,N. quaili Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,N. rosieae Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.,N. stonei Melika Nicholls,sp. nov.,Zapatella abrahamsoni Melika,sp. nov.,Z. brooksvillei Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.。对四种物种,即 Andricus archboldi Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.、A. fitzpatricki Melika Abrahamson,sp. nov.、A. schickae Nicholls、Melika Stone,sp. nov.和 Neuroterus aliceae Melika、Nicholls Stone,sp. nov.的交替有性和无性世代进行了描述。为所有新物种提供了描述、诊断以及有关生物学和寄主关系的信息。所有分类单元均由形态学数据支持;通过 DNA 序列数据确定世代匹配。我们还证明,Neuroterus niger var. alimas Kinsey 应被视为可疑名称。