The genus Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) in the New World: a complete taxonomic revision with a key to species
Author
Lobato-Vila, Irene
Author
Pujade-Villar, Juli
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jpujade@ub.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-12
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Synergus lignicola
(
Osten-Sacken, 1862
)
Cynips
(
Synerges
?)
lignicola
Osten-Sacken, 1862
. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 1 (8): 252.
Type
material: MCZ.
Synerges
(!)
rhoditiformis
Walsh, 1864
. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 2: 499.
Type
material: MCZ. Synonymized by
Osten-Sacken (1865: 374)
.
Synergus lignicola
:
Osten-Sacken (1865)
. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 4 (3): 374.
Andricus davisi
Beutenmüller, 1907
.
Bull. Am.
Mus
. Nat. Hist. 23: 463. Type material: USNM (
lectotype
),
paralectotypes
in USNM, UB, CAS and MCZ. Synonymized by Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2019: 220).
Synergus davisi
:
Weld (1922)
. Proc.
U. S.
Nat. Mus. 61 (18): 21.
Diagnosis
. See Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2019: 222) and the diagnosis of
S. atra
and
S. dimorphus
(this work).
Distribution
.
USA
:
Indiana
,
Michigan
,
Missouri
,
New Jersey
,
New York
,
Washington D.C.
, and
Virginia
(
Beutenmüller 1907
;
Burks 1979
); and
Mexico
:
Hidalgo
(Lobato-Vila
et al
. 2018).
Biology
. Reared from tuberous twig galls of
Callirhytis cornigera
(
Osten-Sacken, 1865
)
on
Q. palustris
, and from tuberous twig galls of
Callirhytis quercuspunctata
(Basset, 1863)
on
Q. velutina
(
Osten-Sacken 1865
;
Burks 1979
); from galls of
Callirhytis quercusgemmaria
(
Ashmead, 1885
)
on
Q. ilicifolia
(
Beutenmüller 1907
;
Burks 1979
); and from asexual tuberous twig galls of
Andricus quercuslaurinus
Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2009
on
Q
.
affinis
(Lobato-Vila
et al.
2018)
.
Weld (1951)
also mentions
Q. incana
and other red oaks.
Remarks
. The
type
material of
Synergus lignicola
was examined and the species was treated and illustrated by Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2019: 220). Previously, the
type
material of its synonym,
S. davisi
, was examined and redescribed by Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2018: 594).