A new cynipid inquiline of the genus Lithosaphonecrus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from India, with an updated key to all known species

摘要

A new species of cynipid inquiline, Lithosaphonecrus nagalandi Melika, Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini), is described from the state of Nagaland (India) reared from undescribed bud galls on an undetermined species of Lithocarpus (Fagaceae), thus being the first Lithosaphonecrus known from India. Description, diagnosis, data on phenology and host associations, and illustrations of the new species are given. An identification key to all known Lithosaphonecrus is also provided. The biology of the genus Lithosaphonecrus and the distribution range of Saphonecrus and Lithosaphonecrus in Asia and Oceania are discussed.