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Plagiotrochus hepingensis Wang, Wang & Zhu

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Cynipoidea; Family: Cynipidae; Subfamily: Cynipinae; Tribe: Cynipini; Genus: Plagiotrochus)

Plagiotrochus hepingensis Wang, Wang & Zhu, 2021.

ClassificationCynipoidea keys

Plagiotrochus hepingensis holotype female. 1. General habitus 2. Antenna 3. Head, front view 4. Head, posterior view 5. Head, dorsal view 6. Head, lateral view.

Plagiotrochus hepingensis holotype female. 7. Mesosoma, lateral view 8. Mesosoma, posterior view 9. Mesosoma, dorsal view 10. Metasoma, lateral view 11. Metasoma, posterior view 12. Fore wing 13. Hind tarsal claw.

Distribution

China.

Biology

Gall inducer on Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) glauca (Fagaceae).

References

Wang Q, Wang X-D & Zhu D-H. 2021. A new species of Plagiotrochus from China (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling on Quercus glauce (Fagaceae). Zootaxa, 4995(2): 389–395. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4995.2.12

Credits

Photographs © Qing Wang (Central South University of Forestry & Technology Hunan).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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