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A New Species Of Invasive Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) On Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus) In California, John La Salle, Gevork Arakelian, Rosser W. Garrison, Michael William Gates Jan 2009

A New Species Of Invasive Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) On Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus) In California, John La Salle, Gevork Arakelian, Rosser W. Garrison, Michael William Gates

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The blue gum gall wasp, Selitrichodes globulus La Salle & Gates, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), is described as an invasive gall inducer on blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus Labill. (Myrtaceae), in California.


A World Revision Of The Pycnostigminae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae) With Descriptions Of Seven New Species, Matthew L. Buffington, Simon Van Noort Jan 2007

A World Revision Of The Pycnostigminae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae) With Descriptions Of Seven New Species, Matthew L. Buffington, Simon Van Noort

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Pycnostigmus rostratus Cameron, 1905, is redescribed and four new species of Pycnostigmus are described: P. mastersonae Buffington & van Noort, new species; P. incognito Buffington & van Noort, new species; P. fossilensis Buffington & van Noort, new species; and P. hoerikwaggoensis Buffington & van Noort, new species. Pycnostigmus mastersonae is the only known species of Cynipoidea with a metallic sheen on the head and mesosoma. A redescription of Tylosema nigerrimum Kieffer, 1905, is provided as well as the description of two new species: Tylosema dayae Buffington & van Noort, new species and Tylosema ronquisti Buffington & …