Discovery of an oak gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) inducing galls on deciduous oak trees in India

作者：Abe Yoshihisa^*; Bhuyan Mantu; Mech Jiten; Bhattacharyya Pranab R; Ide Tatsuya; Mishima Misako; Suyama Chika; Sato Shinsuke; Matsuo Kazunori; Wachi Nakatada

来源：Entomological Science, 2012, 15(3): 340-342.

DOI：10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00510.x

• Andricus mukaigawae
• biogeography
• Fagaceae
• Indian subcontinent
• Palearctic region
• Quercus

We report for the first time the occurrence of an oak gall wasp Andricus mukaigawae (Mukaigawa) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on the deciduous oak Quercus griffithii Hook. F %26 Thomson ex Miq. in India. Andricus mukaigawae is the only cynipid species that has been observed to induce galls on deciduous oak species in India to date. In addition, this is the first record of a gall wasp species with a distribution extending all the way from the eastern Palearctic region to the Indian subcontinent, suggesting the existence of a close relationship between cynipid faunas on deciduous oak trees in the two regions.

• 出版日期2012-7