Callirhytis cameroni: a new species of oak gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) in Panama

Authors

  • Enrique Medianero Programa Centroamericano de Maestría en Entomología, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de Panamá, C. P. 0824
  • José Luis Nieves-Aldrey Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, ES-28006 Madrid, Spain

Keywords:

Cynipidae, oak gall wasps, Quercus, Chiriqui, Panama

Abstract

A new species of Callirhytis Förster 1869 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) is described from Panama: Callirhytis cameroni sp. nov. Callirhytis cameroni is the first species of genus Callirhytis ‘sensu lato’ recorded from the Neotropical region. The new species induces galls on Quercus salicifolia Neé (Fagaceae, sect. Lobatae). The diagnostic characteristics, gall description, distribution and biological data of the new species are given.

 

Una nueva especie del género Callirhytis Förster 1869 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) se describe de Panamá: Callirhytis cameroni sp. nov. Callirhytis cameroni representa la primera especie del género Callirhytis ‘sensu lato’ descrita para la región Neotropical. La nueva especie induce agallas en Quercus salicifolia Neé (Fagaceae, sect. Lobatae). Se aportan los caracteres diagnósticos del adulto, la descripción de sus agallas, así como datos de la biología de la nueva especie.

 

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Vol. 97, No. 4 (December 2014)

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Research Papers

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