Synergus castaneus Pujade-Villar, Bernardo & Viggiani
Bernardo et al . (2013) : 439
Saphonecrus reticulatus Pujade-Villar, Wang & Guo
Pujade-Villar et al . (2014c) : 43
Lobato-Vila et al . (2021a: 345)
A catalogue, revision, and regional perspective of Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental oak gall wasps and their inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini, Synergini, Ceroptresini)
IRENE LOBATO-VILA
ALBA SALA-NISHIKAWA
GEORGE MELIKA
GRAHAM N. STONE
CHANGTI TANG
MAN-MIAO YANG
ZHIQIANG FANG
YING ZHU
YIPING WANG
SUNGHOON JUNG
JAMES A. NICHOLLS
JULI PUJADE-VILLAR
Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-04
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Pujade-Villar, Bernardo & Viggiani, 2013
Pujade-Villar, Bernardo & Viggiani
2013
[151,882,1245,1272]
Insecta
Cynipidae
Synergus
Animalia
Hymenoptera
39
40
Arthropoda
species
castaneus
Synergus castaneusPujade-Villar, Bernardo & Viggiani in Bernardo et al. (2013): 439, ♀& ♂. Saphonecrus reticulatusPujade-Villar, Wang & Guo in Pujade-Villar et al. (2014c): 43, ♀[syn. in Lobato-Vila et al. (2021a: 345)].
Distribution. China( Anhui, ZhejiangProvinces) ( Bernardo et al. 2013: 439, 442; Pujade-Villar et al. 2014c: 44, 47; Pujade-Villar et al. 2018b: 137; Lobato-Vila et al. 2021a: 345–346).
Remarks. Bernardo et al. (2013)suspected that S. castaneuscould be a gall maker; however, it was later reared from galls of Andricus henryi( Pujade-Villar et al. 2018b). Remarks (2).According to the original description of S. reticulatus( Pujade-Villar et al. 2014c), this species was reared from galls on branches and twigs of Q. alienavar. acutiserrata. However, this host plant was erroneously identified: it was actually a Castaneasp.( Lobato-Vila et al. 2021a). Remarks (3). Lobato-Vila et al. (2021a)said that S. castaneuswas obtained from asexual galls of A. henryi, but it was a typographical error: according to Pujade-Villar et al. (2018b), based on the adult morphology and the gall phenology females of A. henryiprobably correspond to the sexual generation.
Biology.Reared from galls of Andricus henryi ♂ ♀and undetermined rounded stem swelling galls on branches and twigs ( Pujade-Villar et al. 2014c, 2018b) on different Castaneaspecies( Table 2; Bernardo et al. 2013; PujadeVillar et al. 2018b; Lobato-Vila et al. 2021a).