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
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-16
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.1
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Synophrus olivieri
Kieffer, 1898
Host plants.
Israel
:
Q. ithaburensis
. Elsewhere:
Q. suber
and
Q. ithaburensis
.
Host gall-wasp:
Unknown.
Life history.
Known only from the sexual generation, which develops in extremely hard, multi-chambered galls of irregular shape, up to
30 mm
in diameter, of the same color of the branch (
Fig. 42
;
Sternlicht 1968b
,
Figs 10–11
).
Phenology.
Galls develop in spring and adults emerge from them in March of the following year.
Distribution.
Israel
: Mezar, Bet Keshet Forest, Hosha’aya, Alonim, Tiv’on, HaSharon Forest. Elsewhere: North Africa,
Asia Minor
.