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
8839
10.11646/zootaxa.4906.1.1
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Synergus campanula
Osten-Sacken, 1865
Synergus campanula
Osten-Sacken, 1865
. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phil. 4: 376.
Type
material: MCZ.
Diagnosis
. See
Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2020c: 12)
.
Distribution
.
USA
:
Illinois
,
New Jersey
,
New York
,
Washington D.C.
, and
Wisconsin
(
Burks 1979
).
Biology
. Reared from asexual galls of
Disholcaspis quercusglobulus
(
Fitch, 1859
)
on a white oak, and from similar galls described by
Osten-Sacken (1861)
on an unknown oak (
Osten-Sacken 1865
), which may correspond to
Disholcaspis quercusmamma
(Walsh, 1869)
(=
Holcaspis duricoria
Bassett, 1890
) on
Q. bicolor
(
Gillette 1896
)
. Also, from galls of
D. quercusmamma
and
Trigonaspis
?
quercusforticorne
(
Walsh, 1864
) (=
Biorhiza forticornis
(
Walsh, 1864
)) (
Gillette 1896
)
, the latter considered incertae sedis after
Pujade-Villar
et al.
(2018)
.
Remarks
. The
type
material of
Synergus campanula
was examined and the species was redescribed and illustrated by
Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2020c: 11)
.
The host plant is not mentioned in the original description, but
D. quercusglobulus
was found on
Q. alba
and
Q. prinoides
(
Burks 1979: 1092
)
. Also, recorded from
Q. prinus
, but this name applies to two different species:
Q. muehlenbergii
and
Q. montana
.