Biology:Pseudoneuroterus mazandarani
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| Genus: | Pseudoneuroterus
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| Species: | P. mazandarani
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| Pseudoneuroterus mazandarani Melika and Stone, 2010[1]
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Pseudoneuroterus mazandarani is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae whose life cycle involves only Palaearctic oaks, Quercus subgen. Quercus, in the section Cerris.[1] The species is named for the Mazandaran province of Iran where it was collected.[1] Gall wasps evolved in the Northern Hemisphere and started as herb gallers. Through natural selection they went through a period where they lost the ability to initiate galls and later regained it back. (Stone, 2002) It is suggested the first gall wasps were associated with woody host plants.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)". Zootaxa 2470: 1–79. 2010. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2470.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02470p079f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q25095824 entry
Stone, G. N., Schönrogge, K., Atkinson, R. J., Bellido, D., & Pujade-Villar, J. (2002). THE POPULATION BIOLOGY OF OAK GALL WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE). Annual Review of Entomology, 47(1), 633–668. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145247
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