Cycloneuroterus

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Cycloneuroterus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Cycloneuroterus
Melika & Tang, 2011
Type species
Cycloneuroterus lilungi
Tang, Melika & Yang, 2011

Cycloneuroterus is a genus of oak gall wasps from the family Cynipidae. [1]

Contents

Species in this genus form galls on various Fagaceae in the Eastern Palearctic. [1] The genus is named after one of the more common host plants (section Cyclobalanopsis ), and their morphological similarity to the genus Neuroterus. [1]

Description

Cycloneuroterus belongs to a group of other genera in Cynipini which have a reduction or absence of the transscutal articulation. [1] This transscutal articulation typically separates the mesoscutum from the complex formed by the scutellum and the axilla. Other genera in this group include Neuroterus, Trichagalma , Pseudoneuroterus , Cerroneuroterus , and Latuspina . Cycloneuroterus is distinguished from other members of this group by having distinct and complete carinae on the lateral side of the propodeum, similarly to the genus Dryocosmus. [1]

Species in this genus form galls on various plant organs and are known from plants in the section Cyclobalanopsis of Quercus , [1] [2] the genus Castanopsis, [3] and the genus Lithocarpus . [1]

Species

Known species are described from Taiwan and Japan.

The following are currently valid species in this genus: [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tang, Chang-Ti; Melika, George; Nicholls, James A.; Yang, Man-Miao; Stone, Graham N. (2011-08-30). "A new genus of oak gallwasps, Cycloneuroterus Melika & Tang, with the description of five new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 3008 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3008.1.2. ISSN   1175-5334.
  2. 1 2 Ide, Tatsuya; Wachi, Nakatada; Abe, Yoshihisa (2012-07-01). "Three New Species and a New Record of Cycloneuroterus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) Inducing Galls on Cyclobalanopsis in Japan". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 105 (4): 539–549. doi:10.1603/AN11172. ISSN   1938-2901.
  3. 1 2 Tang, Chang-Ti; Sinclair, Frazer; Hearn, Jack; Yang, Man-Miao; Stone, Graham N.; Nicholls, James A.; SchwéGer, Szabina; Melika, George (2016-03-11). "Eight new species of Cycloneuroterus Melika & Tang gallwasps from Taiwan and mainland China (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 4088 (4). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.4.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
  4. ↑ Tang, Chang-Ti; Melika, George; Nicholls, James A.; Yang, Man-Miao; Stone, Graham N. (2020-02-11). "A New Cycloneuroterus Melika & Tang Oak Gallwasp Species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) Associated with Lithocarpus (Fagaceae) from Taiwan". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122 (1): 184. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.184. ISSN   0013-8797.
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