Andricus melikai Pujade-Villar, 2002
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.1 |
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Andricus melikai Pujade-Villar, 2002 |
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Andricus melikai Pujade-Villar, 2002
Host plants. Israel: Q. libani . Greece: Q. ithaburensis ssp. macrolepis (= aegilops).
Life history. Known only from the the leaf galls of the sexual generation, which constitute substantial swellings of the leaf midrib and are multi-chambered ( Fig. 68 View FIGURES 65–70 ). Viable galls were found in June and July but no adults were reared from them.
Phenology. Galls begin to develop in April-May and adults emerged from them in June (in Greece) (Pujade- Villar et al. 2002).
Distribution. Israel: Very rare, found only twice on Mt. Hermon at 1780 m.a.s.l. Otherwise known only from Greece ( Pujade-Villar et al. 2002).
Comments. Galls of this species superficially resemble those of A. istvani from Iran as both species cause multi-chambered leaf swellings on oaks from section Cerris. However, based on a comparison of the galls collected in Israel to those deposited in the PHMB, we concluded that the Israeli species is A. melikai .
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