Two new species of oak gall wasps from Turkey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)

Abstract

Two new species of oak gall wasps, Cynips izzetbaysali sp. nov. and Callirhytis afion sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are described from Turkey. The new Cynips species is known only from asexual females and induces detachable leaf galls on Quercus infectoria. The sexual generation of the new Callirhytis species is known to induce acorn galls on Quercus cerris. Data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology of the two new species are given.

Andricus pseudocecconii sp. nova (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Iran

“…This is particularly true for the oak gall wasps, with many new species described (Melika & Stone, 2001;Melika et al, 2004;Azizkhani et al, 2006;Tavakoli et al, 2008;Sadeghi et al, 2009;Melika et al, 2011;Pujade-Villar et al, 2015). In addition, many new species have been described from Turkey, the neighboring geography of Iran (Azmaz & Katilmis, 2017, 2020a, 2020b, 2021a, 2021bDemirel et al, 2022;Mutun et al, 2014Mutun et al, , 2020. Here we describe a new species, Andricus pseudocecconii Melika, Tavakoli & Stone, sp.…”

Determination of secondary metabolite in galls of some cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and characterization of the phenolic compound

“…Gall wasps or cynipids belonging to Cynipidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) are one of the important insect groups that induce gall on host plants. The most important host plants of gallinducer cynipids, which has roughly 1.400 species in the world (Buffington et al, 2020) and 165 species in Türkiye (Azmaz & Katılmış, 2017, 2020a, 2020b, 2021a, 2021bAzmaz, 2021;Bayrak & Avcı, 2019;Mutun et al, 2020;Demirel et al, 2022Demirel et al, , 2023Fatih & Gençer, 2022;Tataroğlu & Katılmış, 2022), are oaks (Quercus L.), other Fagaceae genera closely related to oaks (Castanea Miller, Castanopsis (D.Don) Spach, Chrysolepis Hjelmq., Lithocarpus Blume, Notholithocarpus Manos, Cannon & S.H.Oh), and roses (Rosa L.). Besides, other plant families (such as Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Rosaceae and Papaveraceae) are host plant groups for gall wasps (Ronquist et al, 2015;Buffington et al, 2020).…”