A new species of Disholcaspis Dalla Torre and Kieffer oak gallwasp from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)

Authors

  • G. Melika Pest Diagnostic Laboratory, Plant Protection & Soil Conservation Directorate of County Vas
  • P. Hanson Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica
  • J. Pujade Villar Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Departament de Biologia Animal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v18i1.3985

Keywords:

Cynipidae, oak gallwasp, Disholcaspis, taxonomy, morphology, distribution, biology

Abstract

A new species of oak gallwasp, Disholcaspis costaricensis Melika & Pujade-Villar, is described from Costa Rica. Only asexual females areknown and they induce galls on Quercus bumelioides. Data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species are given.

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2015-09-23

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