SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL for GEORGE MELIKA, EILEEN A. BUSS, JAMES A. NICHOLLS, JESSICA PLATT BIRD AND GRAHAM N. STONE − Life Cycle of Disholcaspis Quercusvirens (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with a Description of the Sexual Generation .

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  • Eileen A. Buss

Abstract

The life cycle of Disholcaspis quercusvirens Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) , a species previously known only from its asexual generation, is closed with the association of generations confirmed using molecular data. The description and diagnosis of the sexual generation of D . quercusvirens is given. Morphological and molecular data are used to determine that Disholcaspis quercussuccinipes Ashmead is a new synonym of D. quercusvirens .


El ciclo biológico de Disholcaspis quercusvirens Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), una especie conocida previamente sólo de su generación asexual, ha sido cerrado gracias a la asociación de las generaciones a partir de datos moleculares. Se describe y se dan los caracteres diagnósticos de la generación sexual de D. quercusvirens . Se utilizan los datos morfológicos y moleculares pa ra determinar que Disholcaspis quercussuccinipes es una nueva sin. de D. quercusvirens .

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2014-01-07

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Research Papers