A new Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Diplolepidini) species from China: a rare example of a rose gall-inducer of economic significance

By

Pujade-Villar, Juli
Wang, Yiping
Zhang, Wenli
Mata-Casanova, Noel
Lobato-Vila, Irene
Dénes, Avar Lehel
László, Zoltán

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

904

Pages

131--146

Subjects

gall wasp , Kushui rose , new species , phytophagous , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.904.46547

 

Abstract

A new species of the genusDiplolepisGeoffroy,Diplolepis abeiPujade-Villar & Wangsp. nov.is described on host plantRosa sertataRolfe ×R. rugosaThunb. from China with an integrative approach based on molecular and morphological data. Diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species are included and illustrated. This species is the first known rose gall-inducer of economic importance. A review of Eastern Palearctic species ofDiplolepisis given and a key to the Chinese fauna is presented.