Ophelimus sp., a new invasive gall wasp of Eucalyptus globulus in Europe, escapes the parasitism by Closterocerus chamaeleon due to an asynchronous life cycle
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.12.006
Abstract: Abstract Ophelimus sp. (Hym: Eulophidae) is an Australian gall wasp newly found in Southern Europe forming galls on Eucalyptus globulus. A congeneric gall wasp O. maskelli, also established in the Mediterranean Basin, is currently controlled… read more here.
Keywords: gall; chamaeleon; eucalyptus globulus; gall wasp ... See more keywords
The gall wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) stimulates different chemical and phytohormone responses in two Eucalyptus varieties that vary in susceptibility to galling
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DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx098
Abstract: Gall-inducing insects produce various types of galls on plants, but little is known about the gall-induction mechanism of these galling insects. The gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) forms galls of different… read more here.
Keywords: insects; susceptibility; leptocybe invasa; gall wasp ... See more keywords
Environmental thermal levels affect the phenological relationships between the chestnut gall wasp and its parasitoids
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DOI: 10.1111/phen.12280
Abstract: Studies of thermal level‐related asynchrony in a host–parasitoid relationship are necessary to understand the effects of climate change on new host–parasitoid interactions. In the Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and its Chalcidoidea… read more here.
Keywords: chestnut gall; gall wasp; phenology; host parasitoid ... See more keywords
The gall wasp fauna of Iran (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipinae): species checklist and biogeographical assessment.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.3.1
Abstract: We provide a checklist of the gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipinae) of Iran, and place these records in a biogeographical perspective on three spatial scales, comprising (i) the Western Palaearctic, (ii) Western Asia (Turkey, the… read more here.
Keywords: hymenoptera cynipidae; iran; gall wasp; wasp ... See more keywords
A new species of the inquilinous gall wasp genus Saphonecrus Dalla-Torre & Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from South Korea, Saphonecrus jejuensis Kang & Lobato-Vila, sp. nov.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.3.7
Abstract: A new species of the inquilinous gall wasp genus Saphonecrus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) reared from undetermined cryptic stem galls on Quercus glauca Thunb., Saphonecrus jejuensis Kang & Lobato-Vila, sp. nov., is described from South Korea.… read more here.
Keywords: saphonecrus; south korea; gall wasp; species inquilinous ... See more keywords
Torymus sinensis Kamijo, a biocontrol agent against the invasive chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu in Spain: its natural dispersal from France and the first data on establishment after experimental releases
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DOI: 10.5424/fs/2019281-14361
Abstract: Aim of study: The globally invasive gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Cynipidae: Cynipini), reached Spain seven years ago and is already regarded as an important pest of chestnuts (Castanea spp.) in this country as… read more here.
Keywords: gall; natural dispersal; gall wasp; sinensis ... See more keywords