A new genus of oak gallwasps, Zapatella Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., with a description of two new species from the Neotropics (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini)
Author
Pujade-Villar, July
Hanson, Paul
Medina-Uribe, Claudia A.
Torres, Miguel
Melika, George
Date
2012-07-24ISSN
1313-2989DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.210.3014Collections
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Abstract
A new genus of cynipid oak gallwasp, Zapatella Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with two new species, Zapatella grahami Pujade-Villar & Melika, sp. n. and Zapatella nievesaldreyi Melika & Pujade-Villar, sp. n., is described from the Neotropics. Zapatella grahami, known only from the sexual generation, induces galls in acorns of Quercus costaricensis and is currently known only from Costa Rica. Zapatella nievesaldreyi, known only from the asexual generation, induces inconspicuous galls in twigs of Quercus humboldtii, and is known only from Colombia.
Key words in english
CynipiniZapatella
Callirhytis
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Pensoft PublishersJournal
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ZooKeys, 210: 75-104The following license files are associated with this item: