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Qwaqwaia scolopiae
Liljeblad, Nieves-Aldrey & Melika
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda; Order:
Hymenoptera;
Superfamily: Cynipoidea; Family: Cynipidae;
Subfamily: Cynipinae)
Qwaqwaia
scolopiae Liljeblad, Nieves-Aldrey &
Melika, 2011. Type in: South
African National Collection of Insects (SANC). Type locality:
QWAQWA, S of Witsieshoek, Kgotswane R, 28.37S 28.44E.
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Qwaqwaia
scolopiae, adult female: A) head, anterior view. B) head, posterior
view. C) antenna. D) detail of last
flagellomeres of antenna. E)
detail of the placodeal sensillae on last flagellomeres. F) mesosoma,
dorsal view. G) pronotum. |
Qwaqwaia scolopiae, adult female: A) mesosoma, lateral view. B)
propodeum. C) metasoma, lateral view. D)
metasoma, ventral view. E)
detail of hypopigium. F) metatarsal claw. |
Galls induced by Qwaqwaia scolopiae on Scolopia mundii: A)
young galls. B–D) mature galls, some showing exit
holes. E–F) sections of galls
containing live larvae. |
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Distribution |
Afrotropical: South
Africa. |
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Biology |
Gall inducer on Scolopia mundii (Salicaceae), a
woody plant of the eudicot subclass Rosidae. |
Reference
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Liljeblad, J., Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., Neser, S. & Melika,
G. 2011.
Adding another piece to the cynipoid puzzle: the description of a new
tribe, genus and species of gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) endemic
to The Republic of South Africa. Zootaxa 2806: 35–52. |
Credits
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Photographs © Liljeblad, J., Nieves-Aldrey, J.L.,
Neser, S. & Melika, G.
Matt Buffington
(Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) played an integral role in
the development of the Cynipoidea pages
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