Saphonecrus nantoui Tang, Schwéger and Melika, 2015

Lobato-Vila, Irene, Wang, Yiping, Melika, George, Guo, Rui, Ju, Xiaoxue & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2021, A Taxonomic Review of the Gall Wasp Genus Saphonecrus Dalla-Torre and Kieffer and other Oak Cynipid Inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Mainland China, with Updated Keys to Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Species, Zoological Studies (Zool. Stud.) 60 (10), pp. 1-25 : 14-15

Saphonecrus nantoui Tang, Schwéger and Melika, 2015

Saphonecrus nantoui Tang, Schwéger and Melika in Schwéger et al. (2015b). Zootaxa 4054(1): 34. Type material: NCHU (holotype), paratypes in NCHU, PHMBL, and USNM.

Material examined (18): Deposited in ZAFU with the following data: Linglong Mountain, Lin’an, Hangzhou (Zhejiang), Ex unknown gall, unknown tree.

Diagnosis: Saphonecrus nantoui belongs to a group of species ( S. albidus , S. fabris , S. lithocarpi and S. taiwanensis ) characterized by a strong and complete lateral pronotal carina, simple tarsal claws (without a basal lobe), complete notauli, and the radial cell being at most 3.0x as long as wide. The differences between S. nantoui and S. albidus have already been commented (see the diagnosis of S. albidus ), as well as the differences between S. nantoui , S. fabris , S. lithocarpi and S. taiwanensis (see the diagnosis of S. fabris ).

Distribution: Taiwan. Nantou county ( Schwéger et al. 2015b). First record of this species from the mainland China (Zhejiang Province).

Biology: Reared from undescribed leaf petiole thickening galls on Q. glauca ( Schwéger et al. 2015b) . The biology of the new material examined here is unknown.