A New Genus of Oak Gall Wasp, Striatoandricus Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from America with Descriptions of Two New Mexican Species
Víctor Cuesta-Porta*, Miquel A. Arnedo, David Cibrián-Tovar, Uriel M. Barrera-Ruiz, Rosa D. García-Martiñón, Armando Equihua-Martínez, Edith G. Estrada-Venegas, Ricardo Clark-Tapia, Silvia Romero-Rangel, Juli Pujade-Villar*
Communicated by Shen-Horn Yen
A new genus of cynipid oak gall wasp, Striatoandricus Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), is described. Striatoandricus gen. nov. includes four previously described species, Andricus nievesaldreyi n. comb., A. georgei n. comb., A. maesi n. comb., and A. barriosi n. comb., which induce pubescent leaves or twig galls on Quercus belonging to Quercus section. Two new species from México are also described: S. cuixarti Pujade-Villar n. sp. and S. sanchezi Pujade-Villar n. sp. in Quercus section. Descriptions of the genus and diagnostic characters, including DNA sequence data, are presented. This new genus is supported by both morphological and molecular data.
Keywords
Andricus, Striatoandricus, America, gall wasps, Quercus.
