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Issue: Vol. 5301 No. 4: 13 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.4.5
Page range: 469-485
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Holocynips illinoiensis, sp. nov., a new species of oak gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from the USA

CSIRO; Australian National Insect Collection; Clunies Ross Street; Acton; ACT 2601; Australia
1055 Fairoaks Avenue; Deerfield IL 60015; United States of America
Plant Health Diagnostic National Reference Laboratory; National Food Chain Safety Office; Budaörsi u. 141–145; Budapest 1118; Hungary
Hymenoptera Holocynips biology morphology asexual generations

Abstract

A new species, Holocynips illinoiensis Melika & Nicholls, sp. nov. is described from the Nearctic (America north of Mexico). Description, diagnoses, information on biology and host association is given for the new species, as well as preliminary discussion on the coherence of the genus Holocynips.

 

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