Aylax papaveris (Perris, 1840)

Pujade-Villar, Juli & Schiopu, Ion, 2015, Species of Aylacini Ashmead, 1903 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) inducing galls on Papaver L. (Papavaceae) from Romania with description of a new species and notes on parasitoids (Hymenoptera), Zoosystema 37 (3), pp. 505-515 : 507-508

Aylax papaveris (Perris, 1840)

Diplolepis papaveris Perris, 1840: 95 .

DISTRIBUTION. — Species present in several European countries (Melika 2006) and recently also reported from Iran ( Melika & Karimpour, 2012).

DISTRUTION IN ROMANIA. — A. papaveris was reported from Romania by Ionescu (1957, 1973) in Geoagiu (Hunedoara County) on P. dubium and P. rhoeas rarely P. argemone , and is herein collected in Dobrudja province, South-East of Romania in the following locations: Comana Village, 25.VI.1995; Comorova forest, 29.VI.1997; Hagieni Natural Reserve, 05.VII.1998; Negru Voda forest, 30.06.1999; Eforie – Black Sea coast, 20.VII.2000; Cheia Natural Reserve, 27.VIII.2005; Horia forest, 25.VII.2011.

GALLS. — Fused galls ( Fig. 4B ) light yellow, forming irregular oval or globular masses highly variable in size, including a few dozen larval chambers arranged perpendicularly to vertical capsule axis. The individual gall chambers are originated by the transformation of the septum and seeds, usually causing the deformation and enlargement of the capsules (mainly in P. rhoeas and P. dubium ). Internal septa and seeds disappear.

COMMENTS. — Adults are very similar to A. minor (see comments above). Aylax papaveris has notauli complete, scutum coriaceous usually with some weak rugosity and antennae uniformly coloured.

LIFE CYCLE. — Monovoltine species. Biology similar to the previous species.

Figures

FIG. 4. — Galls of: A, Barbotinia oraniensis (Barbotin, 1964); B, Aylax papaveris (Perris, 1840); C, A. minor Hartig, 1840; D, Iraella ionescui n. sp.