World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera): A Key to Higher- Level Groups
Author
Buffington, Matthew L.
Systematic EntomologyLaboratory, ARS-USDAc / oNational Museumof NaturalHistory, SmithsonianInstitution, 10 th & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20013, USA,
matt.buffington@usda.gov
Author
Forshage, Mattias
Department of Zoology, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Box 50007, SE- 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden,
Author
Liljeblad, Johan
Swedish Species Information Centre, PO Box 7007, SE- 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden,
Author
Tang, Chang-Ti
Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, SEH, Suite 6300, 800 22 nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA,
Author
Noort, Simon van
Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa,
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Insect Systematics and Diversity
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003
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Austrocynipidae
Figs. 178–180
This monotypic family is one of the rarest within the
Hymenoptera
.
Austrocynips mirabilis
Riek, 1971
was reared from cones of hoop pine (
Auracaria cunninghami
Aiton ex D. Don) in
Australia
that were infested with oecophorid moths. Previously, cones from these trees were collected for propagation and timber production; this is now achieved through other means, and cones are not regularly collected. As these cones are difficult to access,
Austrocynips
has not been collected again since the original description.
Riek (1971)
reports that other species of
Araucaria
were also surveyed but yielded no
Austrocynips
.
Biology. Host Unknown. Collected from
Araucaria
cones infested with oecophorid moths (
Ronquist 1999
).
Distribution.
Australia
:
Queensland
.
Relevant literature.
Riek, 1971
; description.
Paretas-Martinez et al., 2013
; overview.
Classification.
Austrocynipidae
Riek, 1971
Austrocynips
Riek, 1971
; 1 species in
Australia
.