Delimiting the cryptic diversity and host preferences of Sycophila parasitoid wasps associated with oak galls using phylogenomic data

YM Zhang, SI Sheikh, AKG Ward, AA Forbes… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptic species diversity is a major challenge regarding the species‐rich community of
parasitoids attacking oak gall wasps due to a high degree of sexual dimorphism …

Diversity of insects associated with the fruits of four tree species of Lauraceae from Los Tuxtlas region, Mexico: an annotated and illustrated taxonomic list

E Rodríguez-Sánchez, LJ Giraldo-Kalil… - Revista mexicana de …, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
Besides recruitment and dispersal, fruits are key resources for the maintenance of insect
communities. This study is focused on the insects inhabiting the fruits of 4 wild Lauraceae …

[HTML][HTML] The arthropod associates of 155 North American cynipid oak galls

AKG Ward, RW Busbee, RA Chen, CK Davis… - Zoological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The identities of most arthropod associates of cynipid-induced oak galls in the western
Palearctic are generally known. However, a comprehensive accounting of associates has …

Arthropod Community Associated With the Asexual Generation of Bassettia pallida (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

KL Weinersmith, AA Forbes, AKG Ward… - Annals of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cynipid gall wasps play an important role in structuring oak arthropod communities. Wasps
in the Cynipini tribe typically lay their eggs in oaks (Quercus L.), and induce the formation of …

Annotated catalog of Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chacidoidea) from Iran

N Saghaei, M Fallahzadeh, H Lotfalizadeh - Transactions of the American …, 2018 - BioOne
Eighty-nine species of Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chacidoidea) belonging to 8 genera
Aximopsis, Bruchophagus, Eurytoma, Exeurytoma, Macrorileya, Sycophila, Systole and …

[HTML][HTML] Terminal-instar larval systematics and biology of west European species of Ormyridae associated with insect galls (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)

JF Gómez, MH Nieves, SF Gayubo, JL Nieves-Aldrey - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A systematic study of the genus Ormyrus (Chalcidoidea, Ormyridae) was conducted based
on the morphology and biology of the terminal-instar larvae of ten west European species …

The invasive ACGW Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Spain: native parasitoid recruitment and association with oak gall inducers in Catalonia

JL Jara-Chiquito, RR Askew… - … An International Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The Asian chestnut gall wasp (ACGW), Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), is
an invasive pest that affects chestnut trees. The first record of this pest in Spain was in 2012 …

Temporal changes in the composition of parasitoid assemblages associated with the invasive chestnut gall wasp

JL Jara‐Chiquito, F Oliva, I Lobato‐Vila… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien species pose a challenge to ecosystem stability and crop production, so
understanding their interactions with the natural communities they invade is crucial to …

Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae)

DG Notton, OA Popovici… - European …, 2014 - europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu
One genus and five species are recorded as new to Britain: Fidiobia, Fidiobia hispanica,
Macroteleia bicolora (Platygastridae); Sycophila binotata (Eurytomidae); Schizoprymnus …

Revision of the Neotropical genus Eschatocerus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Eschatocerini) with biological notes and the first description of the terminal larva

JL Nieves Aldrey, DG San Blas - 2015 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The gall wasp genus Eschatocerus (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Eschatocerini), a cynipid
genus of gall inducers on Prosopis and Acacia species (Fabaceae), endemic to southern …