Author:
CERASA GIULIANO,VERDE GABRIELLA LO,CALECA VIRGILIO,MASSA BRUNO,NICHOLLS JAMES A.,MELIKA GEORGE
Abstract
A new species, Dryocosmus destefanii Cerasa & Melika n. sp. associated with a Cerris section oak, Quercus suber L., is described from Italy. Description, diagnosis, host associations and biology for the new species and an illustrated identification key to the Western Palaearctic Dryocosmus species are given. The description is supported by morphological and molecular data.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics