New records of Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) from Italy |
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Authors: | Giuliano Cerasa Gabriella Lo Verde Virgilio Caleca Bruno Massa |
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Affiliation: | 1. Università degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, viale delle Scienze 13, 90128 Palermo, Italygiulianocerasa@alice.it;3. Università degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, viale delle Scienze 13, 90128 Palermo, Italy |
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Abstract: | New records of Cynipid gall wasps and inquilines for the Italian peninsula and Sicily and their new host plants for the Palaearctic Region are listed and commented on. Among them we find: Cerroneuroterus cerrifloralis (Müllner 1901) as new for Italy and new for the Palaearctic region as host on Quercus suber; Andricus multiplicatus Giraud 1859 on Q. suber, as new host for the Palaearctic region; Aylax papaveris (Perris 1839), reported in Italy over a century ago, but later overlooked; Cerroneuroterus minutulus (Giraud 1859), also reported more than a century ago from Sicily, but later overlooked. Among the inquilines are here listed: Synergus variabilis Mayr 1872, emerged from Janetia cerris (Kollar 1850) galls (Diptera Cecidomyiidae), and found for the first time in the Palaearctic Region as host on Q. suber; Saphonecrus haimi (Mayr 1872) and Saphonecrus barbotini Pujade-Villar & Nieves-Aldrey 1986, are new records for Italy. |
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Keywords: | gall-inducing insects inquilines Cynipidae Cynipini Synergini distribution biology |
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