Distribution

Afrotropical: South Africa: Western Cape Province and Eastern Cape Province (Introduced)Also Western Palaeartic including North Africa; Nearctic: USA and Canada (Introduced); Neotropical: Argentina (Introduced); Australasia: Australia (Introduced);

Biology

Gall former in stalks of Hypochaeris radicata L. (Asteraceae).

References

Melika, G. & Prinsloo, G.L. 2007. Phanacis neserorum sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aylacini): first record of a phytophagous Afrotropical cynipoid gall wasp. African Entomology 15: 185-191.

van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015. Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)

Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.