Description of a new species of Saphonecrus Dalla Torre & Kieffer from China (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini)

Abstract

A new inquiline species of Saphonecrus Dalla Torre & Kieffer, S. reticulatus sp. n., is described with its host gall. This species emerged from stem galls on Quercus aliena var. acutiserrata (Fagaceae). Diagnosis, distribution, and biology of the new species are included and the most important morphological characters are illustrated. © Entomologica Fennica.