Estado del conocimiento de los Cynipini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) en México: perspectivas de estudio

Andricus breviramuliPujade-Villar n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini): New Pest of Oaks in Mexico

“…In México, 12 Andricus species known to induce galls in twigs are mentioned by Pujade-Villar et al (2009) and Melika et al (2009): A. bonanseai Mayr 1905, A. dugesi Beutenmüller 1917, A. durangensis Beutenmüller 1911, A. furnaceus Kinsey 1920, A. furnessae Weld 1919, A. marmoreus Kinsey 1920, A. montezumus Beutenmüller 1913, A. peredurus Kinsey 1920, A. quercuslaurinus Melika and Pujade-Villar 2009, A. setifer Karsch 1880, A. tumeralis Pujade-Villar 2009 tumefaciens Pujade-Villar 2012. All the species have a sculptured mesopleuron while A. breviramuli is the only species with a smooth, shiny mesopleuron without surface sculpture.…”

“…The Nearctic fauna is the richest, with approximately 700 species in 22 genera (Melika and Abrahamson 2002). In México, 170 species are known trophically associated with more than 30 oak species (Kinsey 1936(Kinsey , 1937a(Kinsey ,b, 1938Melika et al 2009Melika et al , 2011Nieves-Aldrey et al 2012;Pujade-Villar et al 2009, 2010, 2011a,b, 2012, 2013a, while approximately 150 Quercus species are known (Govaerts and Frodin 1998), of which 86 are considered endemic (Nixon 1998, Zavala 1998.…”

The genus <i>Odontocynips</i> Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) in Panama, with redescription of <i>Cynips championi</i> Cameron, 1883

“…According to Liljeblad et al (2008), Odontocynips is phylogenetically related to some Nearctic species of Andricus, especially Andricus kingi Bassett, 1900. We reviewed the type material of the other six species than induce woody, tuberose galls similar to the galls of O. championi and O. hansoni, and all are species of the genus Andricus: A. tumeralis Pujade-Villar, 2009;A. montezumus Beutenmüller, 1913;A.…”

“…According to Champion´s itinerary, these galls were collected in 1882 in Chiriqui (Champion, 1907;Heckadon-Moreno, 2006). Since its determination, the taxonomic status of Andricus (Cynips) championi has been problematic (see Ashmead, 1899;Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910;Crawford, 1915;Weld, 1921;Pujade-Villar, 2008) and is considered to be incertae sedis (Pujade-Villar et al, 2009). This paper provides an accurate description of two species collected in Panama, belonging to Odontocynips.…”

A new genus of oak gallwasps, Zapatella Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., with a description of two new species from the Neotropics (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini)

“…Quercus L.) is common in Central America and Colombia (Govaerts and Frodin 1998, Nixon 2006). In Mexico, gallwasps, gallwasps were reported from 11 different red oak species (Pujade-Villar et al 2009; Melika et al 2009a, 2011a; Pujade-Villar et al 2011), and on all oaks 157 gallwasp species on 33 oak species are mentioned (Pujade-Villar et al 2009). A large diversity of oak gallwasps is also known from Panama, where 65 different cynipid galls were found on oaks, and from 45 of these galls, adult gallwasps were reared: Andricus Hartig (12 species), Neuroterus Hartig (9), Dryocosmus Giraud (7), Cynips L. (4), Amphibolips Reinhard (3), Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer, Loxaulus Mayrand Odontocynips Kieffer (with two species each), Callirhytis Förster and Bassettia Ashmead (with one species each) (Medianero and Nieves-Aldrey 2011b).…”