A new gall wasp species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), Andricus protector Pujade-Villar and Cuesta-Porta sp. nova (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), from Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5614Keywords:
Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Andricus, New species, Mexico, Quercus crassifoliaAbstract
A new species of oak gall wasp, Andricus protector Pujade-Villar and Cuesta-Porta sp. nova, known only from its asexual generation that induces deciduous galls on buds of Quercus crassifolia Humb. and Bonpl. (Lobatae section), is described from Mexico. Diagnosis, distribution and biological data of the new species are given. The validity of Andricus species from Mexico is commented. Four species are proposed here to have dubious affiliation: Andricus burnetti (Dailey and Sprenger, 1983), A. marmoreus Kinsey, 1920, A. setifer (Karsch, 1880) and A. strues (Kinsey, 1938).
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