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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Synergus incisus
Gillette, 1896
Synergus incisus
Gillette, 1896
.
Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc.
23: 92.
Type
material: USNM.
Diagnosis
. See Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2019: 216).
Distribution
.
USA
:
Colorado
(
Gillette 1896
; Lobato-Vila
et al
. 2019) and
New Mexico
(Lobato-Vila
et al
. 2019).
Biology
. Reared from tuberous galls on twigs of
Callirhytis frequens
(Gillette, 1892) (
Gillette 1896
)
.
Remarks
. The
type
material of
Synergus incisus
was examined and the species was redescribed and illustrated by Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2019: 216).
The host plant is not mentioned in the original description, but
C
.
frequens
is associated with oaks of the
Quercus
section (
Burks 1979: 1102
):
Q. gambelii
,
Q. havardii
,
and ‘
Q. undulata
’ (which could be either
Q. sinuata
or
Q. gambelii
).