The complete mitochondrial genome and gene rearrangements in a gall wasp species, Dryocosmus liui (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) have been widely used in comparative and evolutionary genomics, molecular evolution, phylogenetics, and population genetics, but very limited information is available for the family Cynipidae.
Cheng-Yuan Su +4 more
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Mitochondrial genome of Trichagalma acutissimae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae) and phylogenetic analysis [PDF]
Trichagalma acutissimae (Monzen) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) is a major pest of Quercus variabilis Blume in the Taihang Mountains in China. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of T. acutissimae. This mitogenome was
Shuang Xue +5 more
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Chromosomes of Belonocnema treatae Mayr, 1881 (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) [PDF]
Chromosomes of the asexual and sexual generation of the gall wasp Belonocnema treatae Mayr, 1881 (Cynipidae) were analyzed. Females of both generations have 2n = 20, whereas males of the sexual generation have n = 10.
Vladimir E. Gokhman +2 more
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Chromosomes of three gall wasps of the tribe Aylacini (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) [PDF]
Chromosomes of two species of the tribe Aylacini (Cynipidae), Isocolus jaceae (Schenck, 1863) and I. scabiosae (Giraud, 1859) (both have 2n = 18) were studied for the first time.
Vladimir E. Gokhman
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Anatomy and Ultrastructure of Galls Induced by Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on Oak Leaves (Quercus robur) [PDF]
The structure and ultrastructure of two developmental stages of the spangle gall induced by Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) were investigated using light microscopy (LM), fluorescence microscopy (FM), and transmission (TEM) and ...
Leszek Stanisław Jankiewicz +2 more
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Number and location of rDNA clusters in the superfamilies Tenthredinoidea and Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera): an update [PDF]
To identify nucleolus organizing regions (NORs), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA probe was performed on chromosomes of Tenthredo campestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Tenthredinidae), Arge ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1767) (Argidae) (n = 10 in both)
Vladimir E. Gokhman +2 more
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Andricus pseudocecconii sp. nova (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Iran [PDF]
A new species of oak gall wasp, Andricus pseudocecconii Melika, Tavakoli & Stone, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini) is described. Descriptions, diagnoses, biology, and host associations for the new species are given.
George Melika +4 more
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A new species of Periclistus Foerster, 1869 from China and review of the tribe Diastrophini (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae) [PDF]
A new species of cynipid gall wasps, Periclistus orientalis Pang, Liu & Zhu, sp. nov., is herein described from Hunan, China in the tribe Diastrophini (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae). The phylogenetic relationship between Periclistus and all
Yin Pang +3 more
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What is Femuros (Cynipidae: Cynipini)?
The North American oak gall wasp genus Femuros Kinsey is revised after its re-establishment in 2015. Morphological evidence suggests that only 3 species described by Kinsey belong to this genus: F. repandae Kinsey, F. ocri Kinsey, and F. ruidum Kinsey.
Victor Cuesta-Porta +2 more
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Alternate Generation in Cynipidae [PDF]
Leland O. Howard
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