The oak gall wasps of Israel (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) - diversity, distribution and life history
Author
Shachar, Einat
Author
Melika, George
Author
Inbar, Moshe
Author
Dorchin, Netta
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-16
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451
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.1
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Biorhiza
Westwood, 1840
A Holarctic genus with six species, four of which in the Nearctic Region (
Melika & Abrahamson 2002
), one -
B
.
nawai
(Ashmead)
in the Eastern Palaearctic, and another -
B. pallida
in the Western Palaearctic. All species are
associated with oaks of section
Quercus
, on which the asexual generation develops in root galls and the sexual generation in bud galls (
Melika 2006b
).