New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Synergus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from the Eastern Palaearctic
Author
Schwéger, Szabina
Author
Melika, George
Author
Tang, Chang-Ti
Author
Bihari, Péter
Author
Bozsó, Miklós
Author
Stone, Graham N.
Author
Nicholls, James A.
Author
Pénzes, Zsolt
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Zootaxa
2015
3999
4
451
497
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.1
905493d1-340c-418b-aa4c-52605b790870
1175-5326
243681
CB6127D2-DF5B-4F86-A3D9-6A2F9DBD021C
Synergus chinensis
Melika, Ács & Bechtold, 2014
Figs 123–133
This species was described from north-eastern
China
(Beijing Province, Mentougou District,
150 km
NW of Beijing), reared from unknown cynipid acorn, leaf and bud galls (
Melika
et al
. 2004
). It was later found by one of the authors (GM) in
South Korea
(
Abe et
al.
2007
). Kovalev (1965) mentioned
S. gallaepomiformis
(Boyer de Fonscolombe) for the Far East of
Russia
, which was reared from asexual galls of
Andricus hakonensis
(
=
A. symbioticus
, =
A. attractus
). We strongly doubt this identification. On the basis of the adult description given by Kovalev, these specimens belong to
S. chinensis
(
Abe
et al
. 2007
)
.
Synergus chinensis
falls into a subclade with
S. symbioticus
and can be easily distinguished from the latter by some strong diagnostic characters given in the key and in the Diagnosis to
S. symbioticus
. Currently known from
China
,
South Korea
and
Russia
.