TY - JOUR
T1 - Systematic re-appraisal of the gall-usurping wasp genus Synophrus Hartig, 1843 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini)
AU - PÉnzes, Zsolt
AU - Melika, George
AU - BozsÓki, Zoltán
AU - Bihari, Péter
AU - MikÓ, István
AU - Tavakoli, Majid
AU - Pujade-Villar, Juli
AU - FehÉr, Balázs
AU - FÜlÖp, Dávid
AU - SzabÓ, Krisztián
AU - BozsÓ, Miklós
AU - Sipos, Botond
AU - Somogyi, Kálmán
AU - Stone, Graham N.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Several unanswered questions remain regarding the taxonomy and phylogeny of inquiline gallwasps (Cynipidae: Synergini), obligate inhabitants of plant galls induced primarily by other gallwasps (Cynipidae: Cynipini and Diplolepidini). Here we use morphological and molecular data to revise the inquiline genus Synophrus, members of which are notable for extensively modifying the structure of galls induced by oak gallwasp hosts on oaks in the section Cerris of Quercus subgenus Quercus in the Western Palaearctic. Previous taxonomic treatments have recognized three Western Palaearctic species of Synophrus: S. pilulae, S. politus and S. olivieri. Our results support the establishment of four additional Western Palaearctic species: Synophrus hungaricus sp.n., S. libani sp.n., S. syriacus sp.n. and S. hispanicus sp.n. We describe and diagnose these new taxa, analyse their phylogenetic relationships, and show that Synophrus inquilines are able to impose their own gall phenotypes on those of their hosts. We provide an updated key to Synophrus.
AB - Several unanswered questions remain regarding the taxonomy and phylogeny of inquiline gallwasps (Cynipidae: Synergini), obligate inhabitants of plant galls induced primarily by other gallwasps (Cynipidae: Cynipini and Diplolepidini). Here we use morphological and molecular data to revise the inquiline genus Synophrus, members of which are notable for extensively modifying the structure of galls induced by oak gallwasp hosts on oaks in the section Cerris of Quercus subgenus Quercus in the Western Palaearctic. Previous taxonomic treatments have recognized three Western Palaearctic species of Synophrus: S. pilulae, S. politus and S. olivieri. Our results support the establishment of four additional Western Palaearctic species: Synophrus hungaricus sp.n., S. libani sp.n., S. syriacus sp.n. and S. hispanicus sp.n. We describe and diagnose these new taxa, analyse their phylogenetic relationships, and show that Synophrus inquilines are able to impose their own gall phenotypes on those of their hosts. We provide an updated key to Synophrus.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00482.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00482.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68749111812
SN - 0307-6970
VL - 34
SP - 688
EP - 711
JO - Systematic Entomology
JF - Systematic Entomology
IS - 4
ER -