Description of three new species of oak gallwasps of the genus amphibolips reinhard from Mexico (Hymenoptera, cynipidae)

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Abstract

Three new species of oak gall wasps of the genus Amphibolips Reinhard, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are described from Mexico: Amphibolips magnigalla Nieves-Aldrey & Castillejos-Lemus, Amphibolips kinseyi Nieves-Aldrey & Castillejos-Lemus and Amphibolips nigrialatus Nieves-Aldrey & CastillejosLemus. The specimens of the first two species were representative of sexual generations and come from the State of Oaxaca, while only a female, collected in the State of Veracruz, is described for A. nigrialatus. The new species induces galls on Quercus zempoaltepecana and Q. sapotifolia (Fagaceae, section Lobatae, red oaks). Descriptions of the diagnostic morphological characteristics of the three species and a key for their identification are provided. The taxonomic relationships of the new species with other species of Amphibolips are discussed; the three new species are closely allied amongst themselves and are related to A. dampfi Kinsey, 1937. With the three newly-described species, the number of Amphibolips in Mexico is increased to 23.

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Castillejos-Lemus, D. E., Oyama, K., & Nieves-Aldrey, J. L. (2020). Description of three new species of oak gallwasps of the genus amphibolips reinhard from Mexico (Hymenoptera, cynipidae). ZooKeys, 2020(987), 81–114. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.987.51366

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