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Synergus citriformis ( Ashmead, 1885 )

Lobato-Vila, Irene & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2021, The genus Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) in the New World: a complete taxonomic revision with a key to species, Zootaxa 4906 (1), pp. 1-121 : 29

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 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4906.1.1

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 lsid:zoobank.org:pub:09383AAD-8E30-4E50-A533-C6DA4D00E33C

DOI

 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4433924

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scientific name

 Synergus citriformis ( Ashmead, 1885 )
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Synergus citriformis ( Ashmead, 1885)

Ceroptres citriformis Ashmead, 1885 . Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 12: 300. Type material: USNM.

Synergus niger Fullaway, 1911 . Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 4: 369. Type material: CAS (lectotype), paralectotypes in CAS and USNM. Synonymized by Lobato-Vila et al. (2020b: 683).

Synergus citriformis: Weld (1922) . Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 61 (18): 26.

Synergus elegans Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero, 2011 . Zootaxa 2774: 4. Type material: MNCN (holotype), paratypes in MNCN and MEUP. Synonymized by Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar (2017: 6).

Diagnosis. See Lobato-Vila et al. (2020c: 14).

Distribution. USA: Florida and California ( Ashmead 1885; Fullaway 1911; McCracken & Egbert 1922); Panama ( Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero 2011); and Mexico: Aguascalientes, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, and Zacatecas ( Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar 2017; Lobato-Vila et al. 2020b, 2020c).

Biology. Synergus citriformis is considered a generalist species, even though it is mainly associated with galls of Amphibolips on oaks within the Lobatae section. Found also in association with woolly galls initiated by Andricus , Striatoandricus (arisen by Cuesta-Porta et al. (2020) to include some previously known species within Andricus ) and Cynips , and with other gall morphotypes (never tuberous galls) initiated by Andricus , Atrusca , Cynips , Disholcaspis , Dros , and Loxaulus on oaks of both Quercus and Lobatae sections ( Ashmead 1885; McCracken & Egbert 1922; Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero 2011; Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar 2017; Lobato-Vila et al. 2020b, 2020c).

Remarks. The type material of both Ceroptres citriformis and of one its synonyms, Synergus elegans , was examined and the species was treated by Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar (2017: 6), as well as treated by Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar (2018: 437) and Lobato-Vila et al. (2020b: 683, 2020c: 14). The type material of Synergus niger was examined, commented on, and illustrated by Lobato-Vila et al. (2020b: 683).

Ashmead, W. H. (1885) A bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the North American Cynipidae, with description of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 12 (3 - 4), 291 - 304. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 25076460

Cuesta-Porta, V., Arnedo, M. A., Cibrian-Tovar, D., Barrera-Ruiz, U. M., Garcia-Martinon, R. D., Equihua-Martinez, A., Estrada- Venegas, E. G., Clark-Tapia, R., Romero-Rangel, S. & 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), 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.6620 / ZS. 2020.59 - 08

Fullaway, D. T. (1911) Monograph of the gall-making Cynipidae (Cynipinae) of California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 4 (4), 331 - 380. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 4.4.331

Lobato-Vila, I. & Pujade-Villar, J. (2017) Description of five new species of inquiline oak gall wasps of the genus Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae: Synergini) with partially smooth mesopleurae from Mexico. Zoological Studies, 56 (36), 1 ‾ 28. https: // doi. org / 10.6620 / ZS. 2017.56 - 36

Lobato-Vila, I. & Pujade-Villar, J. (2018) Estado actual del conocimiento de la diversidad de inquilinos de agallas de cinipidos en encinos de Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Entomologia mexicana, 5, 435 ‾ 443.

Lobato-Vila, I., Cibrian-Tovar, D., Barrera-Ruiz, U. M., Equihua-Martinez, A., Estrada-Venegas, E. G., Tovar-Sanchez, E., Castillo-Mendoza, E., Buffington, M. L. & Pujade-Villar J. (2020 b) Review of the Synergus Hartig species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) associated with woolly galls on oaks from the New World, with the description of a new species from Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 122 (3), 678 - 715. https: // doi. org / 10.4289 / 0013 - 8797.122.3.678

Lobato-Vila, I., Equihua-Martinez, A., Estrada-Venegas, E., Cibrian-Tovar, D., Barrera-Ruiz, U. M. & Pujade-Villar, J. (2020 c) Synergus Hartig species group (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) with partially smooth mesopleurae from the New World. Zootaxa, 4822 (1), 1 - 38. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4822.1.1

McCracken, I. & Egbert, D. (1922) California gall-making Cynipidae with descriptions of new species. Stanford University Publications, Biological Sciences, 3 (1), 1 - 76.

Nieves-Aldrey, J. L. & Medianero, E. (2011) Taxonomy of inquilines of oak gall wasps of Panama, with description of eight new species of Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Synergini). Zootaxa, 2774 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2774.1.1

Weld, L. H. (1922) Notes on cynipid wasps, with descriptions of new North American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 61, 1 - 29. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.61 - 2439.1

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Cynipidae

Genus

Synergus

Specimens