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Trichagalma acutissimae Melika et al. 2010

Description

Trichagalma acutissimae (Monzen, 1953)

Aphelonyx acutissimae Monzen, 1953: 20, ǒ.

Trichagalma acutissimae (Monzen) Melika et al. (2010: 11), ǒ [♂ ♀ in Wang et al. (2016a: 407)].

Trichagalma glabrosa Pujade-Villar in Pujade-Villar & Wang 2012: 93, ǒ [syn. in Wang et al. (2016a: 407)].

Distribution. China (Henan Province) (Pujade-Villar & Wang 2012: 98), Japan (Honshu) (Shinji 1944: 67 (photo 114) and 68 (photo 115)); Monzen 1953: 21; Yukawa & Masuda 1996: 141, 143; Melika et al. 2010: 11), Korean Peninsula (Yukawa & Masuda 1996: 141, 143; Pujade-Villar et al. 2020a: 1217), and Taiwan (Pénzes et al. 2018: 281).

Remarks. The alternating lifecycle was closed and the sexual generation was described by Wang et al. (2016a).

Biology. The catkin galls of the sexual generation and the detachable leaf galls of the asexual generation both develop on Q. acutissima and Q. variabilis (sect. Cerris) (Table 1; Monzen 1953; Wang et al. 2016a).

Notes

Published as part of Al, Irene Lobato-Vila Et, 2022, A catalogue, revision, and regional perspective of Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental oak gall wasps and their inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini, Synergini, Ceroptresini), pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 5161 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5161.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6793652

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Trichagalma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Melika et al.
Species
acutissimae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Trichagalma acutissimae et, 2010 sec. Al, 2022

References

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  • Melika, G., Pujade-Villar, J., Abe, Y., Tang, C. - T., Nicholls, J., Wachi, N., Ide, T., Yang, M. - M., Penzes, Zs, Csoka, G. & Stone, G. N. (2010) Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa, 2470 (1), 1 - 79. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2470.1.1
  • Wang, J., Cui, J., Wu, S. A. & Pujade-Villar, J. (2016 a) Description of the sexual generation of Trichagalma acutissimae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and notes on its heterogonic life cycle. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 19 (2), 405 - 413. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. aspen. 2016.04.008
  • Pujade-Villar, J. & Wang, J. (2012) A new species of the genus Trichagalma Mayr from China (Hym.: Cynipidae). Orsis, 26, 91 - 101.
  • Shinji, O. (1944) Galls and gall insects. Shunyo-do, Tokyo, 580 pp. [in Japanese]
  • Yukawa, J. & Masuda, H. (1996) Insect and mite galls of Japan in colors. Zenkoku-Nouson-Kyoukai, Tokyo, 826 pp. [in Japanese]
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  • Penzes, Z., Tang, C. - T., Stone, G. N., Nicholls, J. A., Schweger, S., Bozso, M. & Melika, G. (2018) Current status of the oak gallwasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) fauna of the Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Zootaxa, 4433 (2), 245 - 289. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4433.2.2