Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado

Cuesta-Porta, Víctor, Equihua-Martínez, Armando, Estrada-Venegas, Edith G., Cibrián-Tovar, David, Barrera-Ruíz, Uriel M., Silva, Salvador Ordaz, Sánchez, Imelda Virginia López, Melika, George & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2020, Revision of the Amphibolips species of the ‘ nassa’ complex from Mexico and central America (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), Zootaxa 4877 (1), pp. 1-50 : 13

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4567000

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Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado
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Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado

Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado, 2012 . In Nieves-Aldrey et al., 2012: 9–11.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE. ♀ deposited in MNCN, dissected and mounted on a stub (Cat. nº 2246; Code: 89198). “ MEXICO, Durango, Palmito, N 23º 33’ 49.4” W 105º 51’ 08.8”, 1977 m; Ex Q. scytophylla Liebm. (Fagaceae) , (08.vii.2008) x.2008; leg. Y. Maldonado”.

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by completely infuscate forewings with a complete transversal clear band on distal third; absence of notauli; scutellar foveae indistinctly separated medially, bottom of scutellar foveae with longitudinal rugae medially ( Fig. 11B View FIGURE 11 ). Closely resembles A. castroviejoi by the forewing pattern but differs by the presence of notauli and conspicuous median carina dividing scutellar foveae in A. castroviejoi . The gall of this species closely resembles A. fusus , differs by the elongation of both, peduncle and apical tip, thinner in A. durangensis ; surface of galls is crossed by longitudinal ridges in A. durangensis and smooth in A. fusus .

Gall. Galls on buds, fusiform, maximum 43–54 mm in diameter, with elongate thin peduncle and apical tip; outer shell thin, hard, usually smooth with longitudinal ridges; internal spongious soft tissue with central larval chamber, around 5 mm ( Nieves-Aldrey et al. 2012: Figs 18C–D).

Host. Quercus scytophylla .

Biology. Only females are known. The mature galls were collected in early July; adults emerged in October.

Distribution. Mexico: Durango State.

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Cynipidae

Genus

Amphibolips

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Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado

Cuesta-Porta, Víctor, Equihua-Martínez, Armando, Estrada-Venegas, Edith G., Cibrián-Tovar, David, Barrera-Ruíz, Uriel M., Silva, Salvador Ordaz, Sánchez, Imelda Virginia López, Melika, George & Pujade-Villar, Juli 2020
2020
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Amphibolips durangensis

Nieves-Aldrey, J. L. & Pascual, E. & Maldonado-Lopez, Y. & Medianero, E. & Oyama, K. 2012: 9
2012
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