Holotype (SANC, Pretoria) |
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
Paratype (SAMC, Cape Town) |
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
Photograph
© Johan Liljeblad. |
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© Johan Liljeblad. |
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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. Photographs
© Johan Liljeblad. |
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. Photographs
© Johan Liljeblad. |
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. Photographs
© Stefan Neser (ARC).
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Distribution |
South
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Biology |
Gall inducer on
Scolopia mundii (Salicaceae), a
woody plant of the eudicot subclass Rosidae. |
References
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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.
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015.
Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353 |
Credits
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Photographs of holotype and paratype and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa);
B&W SEM
photographs © Johan Liljeblad; photographs of
galls
© Stefan Neser (ARC).
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.
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