Saphonecrus lusitanicus (Tavares, 1902)

Pujade-Villar, Juli, Villemant, Claire & Andreï-Ruiz, Marie-Cécile, 2000, Cynipidae associated with Quercus collected in Corsica with the description of a new Plagiotrochus species (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea), Zoosystema 22 (4), pp. 835-846 : 844

Saphonecrus lusitanicus (Tavares, 1902)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Corse Bastilicaccia. Malaise trap, 31.V-7.VI.1996 (R2/MH), 1 ♀ ; 24-31.V.1996 (R1/MS): 1 ♁ & 9 ♀ ♀ (1 ♁ & 1 ♀ deposited in UB) ; 7-14.VI.1996 (R3/MS), 17 ♀ ♀ (3 ♀ ♀ deposited in UB) ; 14-24.VI (R3/MS), 3 ♀ ♀.

Vallée du Fango. Yellow pan trap, 14-21.V.1993 (R3/SW/C 1), 1 ♁(deposited in UB); ( R3 /SW/C 2) , 1 ♁; 21-28.V.1993 (R5/DA/C 3), 1 ♀ (deposited in UB); ( R5 /DN/C 1) , 1 ♀; (R5/DN/C 2), 1 ♁; (R5/DN/C 2/3), 1 ♁ & 1 ♀; (R5/SW/C 3), 1 ♀ ; 4- 11.VI.1993 (R6/DN/C 1), 1 ♀; (R6/DN/C 2/3), 1 ♀; (R6/DN/C 32) , 2 ♀ ♀; (R6/SE/C 1), 2 ♁ ♁ & 1 ♀; (R6/SE/S 3), 2 ♀ ♀; (R6/SW/C 2) , 2 ♁ ♁ & 1 ♀; (R6/SW/C 3), 1 ♀ ; 11-18.VI.1993 (R7/DN/C 2), 2 ♀ ♀; (R7/SW/C 1), 2 ♀ ♀; (R7/SW/C 2) , 3 ♀ ♀; (R7/SW/C 3), 1 ♀; (R7/SW/S 1), 1 ♀; (R7/SW/S 3), 1 ♀; 18-25.VI.1993 (R8/SW/C 2), 5 ♁ ♁ & 1 ♀; (R8/SW/C 3), 2 ♁ ♁ & 1 ♀; (R8/SW/S 1), 1 ♀; (R8/SW/S 2) , 1 ♀; (R8/DN/C 1), 1 ♀; 25.VI- 2.VII.1993 (R9/SW/S 1), 1 ♀; 4-12.VI.1994 (CI/R1/94), 1 ♀; 12-19.VI.1994 (CI/R2/94), 1 ♀; (CS5/R2/94), 1 agamic ♀; (CI/R2/94), 1 ♀; ( CH 5/R1/94) , 1 agamic ♀.

Pirio. Malaise trap, 15-22.VII.1997, 1 ♀.

The rest of the material deposited in MNHN.

REMARKS

Species known from Andorra, Spain, France and Portugal (Nieves-Aldrey & Pujade-Villar in press). This species is a common inquiline found in the larval chamber of Plagiotrochus suberi male and P. amenti agamic female galls (on Q. suber ) and P. kiefferianus male (on Q. coccifera and Q. ilex ), nevertheless it might be reared in other types of Plagiotrochus galls (Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré 1998).

It is interesting to note that the specimens collected in the South-West of Corsica in a coastal Q. suber stand are very dark (sometimes nearly black) while the specimens collected in a northwestern mountain Q. ilex stand are yellowish and very similar to the original description.