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
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-12
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journal article
8839
10.11646/zootaxa.4906.1.1
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Synergus medullae
Ashmead, 1885
Synergus medullae
Ashmead, 1885
.
Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc.
12: 302.
Type
material: USNM.
Diagnosis
. See Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2019: 224) and the diagnoses of
S. atra
and
S. bicolor
(this work).
Distribution
.
USA
:
Florida
(
Ashmead 1885
; Lobato-Vila
et al
. 2019).
Biology
. Reared from tuberous stem galls of
Zapatella quercusmedullae
(
Ashmead, 1885
)
(
=
Andricus medullae
) (
Ashmead 1885
;
Pujade-Villar
et al.
2012b
; Lobato-Vila
et al
. 2019), which is associated with oaks of the
Lobatae
section from the
USA
(
Burks 1979
;
Pujade-Villar
et al
. 2012b
):
Q. incana
,
Q. marilandica
, and
Q. myrtifolia
.
Remarks
. The
type
material of
Synergus medullae
was examined and the species was redescribed and illustrated by Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2019: 224).