Description of three new species of oak gallwasps of the genus Amphibolips Reinhard from Mexico (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae)

By

Castillejos Lemus, Dohuglas Eliseo
Oyama, Ken
Nieves-Aldrey, José Luis

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

987

Pages

81--114

Subjects

Amphibolips , Cynipini , Lobatae , Mexico , oak apple gall , oak gallwasps , Quercus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.987.51366

 

Abstract

Three new species of oak gall wasps of the genusAmphibolipsReinhard, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are described from Mexico:Amphibolips magnigallaNieves-Aldrey & Castillejos-Lemus,Amphibolips kinseyiNieves-Aldrey & Castillejos-Lemus andAmphibolips nigrialatusNieves-Aldrey & Castillejos-Lemus. The specimens of the first two species were representative of sexual generations and come from the State of Oaxaca, while only a female, collected in the State of Veracruz, is described forA. nigrialatus. The new species induces galls onQuercus zempoaltepecanaandQ. sapotifolia(Fagaceae, section Lobatae, red oaks). Descriptions of the diagnostic morphological characteristics of the three species and a key for their identification are provided. The taxonomic relationships of the new species with other species ofAmphibolipsare discussed; the three new species are closely allied amongst themselves and are related toA. dampfiKinsey, 1937. With the three newly-described species, the number ofAmphibolipsin Mexico is increased to 23.