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
0000-0001-7798-2717
jpujade@ub.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-12
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1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4906.1.1
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Synergus laeviventris
(
Osten-Sacken, 1861
)
Synophrus laeviventris
Osten Sacken, 1861
. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 1: 57.
Type
material: MCZ.
Synergus laeviventris
:
Osten-Sacken (1865)
. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 4: 375.
Diagnosis
. See
Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2020c: 19)
.
Distribution
.
USA
:
Washington D.C.
(
Osten-Sacken 1861
;
Burks 1979
),
Colorado
, and
Michigan
(
Gillette 1896
).
Biology
. Reared from galls of
Amphibolips confluenta
(
Harris, 1841
)
on
Q. rubra
(
Osten-Sacken 1861
)
; from galls of
Amphibolips quercusspongifica
(
Osten-Sacken, 1862
)
,
Atrusca quercuscentricola
(
Osten-Sacken, 1861
)
, as well as from an unnamed gall on
Q. falcata
described by
Osten-Sacken (1861)
(
Osten-Sacken 1865
); and from galls of
Disholcaspis rubens
(
Gillette, 1893
)
and
D. quercusglobulus
(
Fitch, 1859
) (
Gillette 1896
)
.
Remarks
. The
type
material of
Synergus laeviventris
was examined and the species was redescribed and illustrated by
Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2020c: 19)
.
The host plant is not mentioned neither for
Amphibolips quercusspongifica
,
Atrusca quercuscentricola
,
Disholcaspis rubens
nor
D. quercusglobulus
. However, and according to
Burks (1979)
,
A. quercusspongifica
is associated with oaks of the
Lobatae
section (
Q. coccinea
,
Q. marilandica
, and
Q. velutina
);
Atrusca quercuscentricola
, with
Q. stellata
;
Disholcaspis rubens
, with some species of oaks from
Quercus
section (
Q
.
arizonica
,
Q.
x
undulata
,
Q. gambelii
,
Q. oblongifolia
,
Q. rugosa
,
Q. turbinella
, and
Q. toumeyi
); and
D. quercusglobulus
, with oaks from
Quercus
section (
Q. alba
,
Q. prinoides
, and ‘
Q. prinus
’).