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Cynipoidea of the world

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)

 

Identification keys

Austrocynipidae

Cynipidae

Diplolepididae

Figitidae

Ibaliidae

Liopteridae

Paraulacidae
Distribution Worldwide.
Biology Parasitoids or phytophages (gall formers and inquilines).

References

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Bassett, H. F. 1881. New Species of Cynipidae. The Canadian Entomologist. 13: 51–53. doi:10.4039/Ent1351-3

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Cameron, P. 1905. A new genus and species of Cynipidae from South Africa, representing a new subfamily. Annals and Magazines of Natural History, Series 7, 16,  20-21.

Chai M, Liu Z, Niu Y, Dong Y & Wang Y. 2018. Discovery of two new species of the genus Heteribalia Sakagami (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 40: 217-230. 10.11680/entomotax.2018024.

Cuesta-Porta, V., Arnedo, M.Ŕ., Cibrián-Tovar, D., Barrera-Ruiz, U.M., García-Martińón, R.D., Equihua-Martínez, A., Estrada-Venegas, E.G., Clark-Tapia, R., Romero-Rangel, S. and Pujade-Villar, J., 2020. A new genus of oak gall wasp, Striatoandricus Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from America with descriptions of two new Mexican species. Zoological Studies 59: 8 (2020). https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2020.59-08

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Diaz, N. 1977. Estudio ecológico y sistemático de Cinipoideos Neotropicales II (Hymenoptera). Epicoela rubicunda Borgmeier y E. seminigra n. sp. Neotrópica 23(70): 189-192.

Diaz, N. & F. Gallardo. 1996. Sobre cinipoideos del Brasil, parasitoides de dipteros estercoleros (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 55: 127-129.

Diaz, N.B., Gallardo, F.E., Marchiori, C.H., & Linhares, A.X. 2000. Cynipoidea parasitoids of dung-flies in Brazil. II (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 29(3): 469-474.

Díaz, N.B., Gallardo, F.E., Gaddi, A.L., & Walsh, G.C. 2009. Description of a new genus and species of Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoid of Ephydridae (Diptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102(4): 603-607.

Fergusson, N. 1992. A remarkable new genus and species of Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Natural History 26(3): 659-662.

Ferrer-Suay, M., Selfa, J. & Pujade-Villar, J. 2012. First record of Alloxysta Förster from Madagascar, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Charipinae). African Entomology 20: 222-228.

Ferrer-Suay, M., Selfa, J., Pujade-Villar, J. 2013. A review of Alloxysta species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Charipinae) from Africa. African Entomology 21: 255266.

Ferrer-Suay, M., Paretas-Martinez, J., & Pujade-Villar, J. 2013. Revision of Apocharips Fergusson (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with description of three new species from Colombia. Zootaxa, 3646(4), 487–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.8

Ferrer-Suay, M, Carpenter, JM, Lebeau, C, Pujade-Villar J. 2017. Designation of lectotypes for the Mexican species of Andricus described by Alfred Kinsey and comments about some generic synonymies (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Entomologica Americana 123: 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1664/1947-5144-123.1-4.29

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Forshage, M & Nordlander, G. 2018. The identity of figitid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) of anthomyiid flies in conifer cones. European Journal of Entomology 115: 104-111.

Gillette, C.P. 1891. Descriptions of new Cynipidae in the collection of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 3: 191-197.

Guimaraes, J. A.; Zucchi, R. A.; Diaz, N. B.; de Souza Filho, M. F.; Uchoa F., M. A. 1999. Espzcies de Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) Parasitides de Lavas Frug’voras (Diptera: Tephritidae e Lonchaeidae) no Brasil. Anais da Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil 28:263-273.

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Hedicke, H., and G. Kerrich. 1940. A revision of the family Liopteridae (Hymenopt., Cynipoidea). Transactions of the Royal Entomologocal Society, London 90: 177–228.

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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.

Lobato-Vila, I., Pujade-Villar, J. 2019. Revision of world Ceroptresini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) with the description of a new genus and five new species. Zootaxa. 4685: 1–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4685.1.1

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Mata-Casanova, N., Pujade-Villar, J. 2013. Acanthaegilopsis malagasy gen. n. and sp. n. of Anacharitinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros. African Entomology 21(1): 161–164.

Mata-Casanova N, Pujade-Villar J. 2013. Nuevas aportaciones al conocimiento de Acanthaegilips en Colombia (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Anacharitinae). Revista colombiana de Entomología 39(1):71–75.

Mata-Casanova N, Selfa J, Arcaya E, Sosa F, Tormos J, Pujade-Villar J. 2014. First host record for Acanthaegilips (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Anacharitinae) and description of a new species from Venezuela. Fla Entomol 97(2):461–464.

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Mata-Casanova N, Selfa J & Pujade-Villar J. 2015. Description of two new species of Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae, Anacharitinae) from the Afrotropical Region. African Entomology 23: 314–320. http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.023.0222

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Melika, G. & Nicholls, J.A. 2021. A new genus of Nearctic oak gall wasp, Grahamstoneia Melika & Nicholls, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini). Zootaxa 4999(5): 456–468. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4999.5.4

Melika, G., J. Pujade-Villar, Y. Abe, C. T. Tang, J. A. Nicholls, N. Wachi, T. Ide, M. M. Yang, Z. Pénzes, G. Csóka, and G. N. Stone. 2010. Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa. 2470: 1–79.

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