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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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4906.1.1
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Synergus flavens
McCracken & Egbert, 1922
Synergus flavens
McCracken & Egbert, 1922
. Stanford Univ., Pubs., Univ. Ser. Biol. Sci. 3 (1): 55. Type material: CAS (
lectotype
),
paralectotypes
in
USNM
.
Synergus variegatus
McCracken & Egbert, 1922
. Stanford Univ., Pubs., Univ. Ser. Biol. Sci. 3 (1): 51 (in part).
Type
material (in part): CAS. Synonymized by
Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2020c: 16)
.
Diagnosis
. See
Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2020c: 17)
.
Distribution
.
USA
:
California
(
McCracken & Egbert 1922
;
Lobato-Vila
et al
. 2020c
).
Biology
. Reared from galls of
Heteroecus flavens
(
McCracken & Egbert, 1922
)
and
H
.
pacificus
(
Ashmead, 1896
)
(=
Andricus pacificus
) on
Q. vaccinifolia
(
McCracken & Egbert 1922
)
, and from galls of
Trichoteras coquilletti
Ashmead, 1897
on
Q. chrysolepis
(
Lobato-Vila
et al
. 2020c
)
.
Remarks
. The
type
material of
Synergus flavens
, as well as of its synonym (
S. variegatus
), was examined and the species was redescribed and illustrated by
Lobato-Vila
et al
. (2020c: 16)
.