In the course of a survey carried out on oak gall wasps (Cynipidae: Cynipini), during 2003-2005 in West-Azarbaijan province, three new galls were collected from Quercus infectoria. The gall inducing wasps were identified based on gall shapes. The gallwasps are identified as follows:
1- Andricus curvator Hartig, 1840 (sexual generation)
Date and location of the gall collection: June 2004- Zamziran
2- Cynips cornifex Hartig, 1843 (asexual generation)
Date and location of the gall collection: August 2004- Nalas
3- Neuroterus albipes (Schenck, 1863) (= N. laeviusculus Schenck, 1863), asexual generation
Date and location of the gall collection: October 2004- Ghabre Hossein
Based on studies, carried out on the Iranian oak gallwasp project, galls of three mentioned wasps were found only on Q. infectoria and only in oak forests of West-Azarbaijan province. All the three species are new for the fauna of Iran.
Zargaran, M., Sadeghi, S., Askary, H., & Zeinaly, S. (2006). Report of three species of oak cynipid gallwasps (Hym.: Cynipidae) from Iran. Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research, 4(1), 37-38.
MLA
M.R. Zargaran; S.E. Sadeghi; H. Askary; S. Zeinaly. "Report of three species of oak cynipid gallwasps (Hym.: Cynipidae) from Iran". Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research, 4, 1, 2006, 37-38.
HARVARD
Zargaran, M., Sadeghi, S., Askary, H., Zeinaly, S. (2006). 'Report of three species of oak cynipid gallwasps (Hym.: Cynipidae) from Iran', Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research, 4(1), pp. 37-38.
VANCOUVER
Zargaran, M., Sadeghi, S., Askary, H., Zeinaly, S. Report of three species of oak cynipid gallwasps (Hym.: Cynipidae) from Iran. Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research, 2006; 4(1): 37-38.
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