A new species of gall wasp Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Sichuan, China
We describe a new species of gall wasp associated with Rubus lambertianus Ser. in Sichuan, China: Diastrophus emeiensis Hu, Nieves-Aldrey, Zhang & Fang sp. nov. (Cynipidae: Diastrophini) based on morphological and molecular data. This is the first Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 species recorded from mainland China, and is recovered as the sister group to the rest of Diastrophus based on our phylogenetic analysis. The diagnosis, distribution, and biology of D. emeiensis is provided, along with a brief discussion of the evolutionary history of Diastrophus.
Authors
- Wenqian Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6918-7293)
- György Csóka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9132-4825)
- K. A. McCormack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6755-4727)
- Frazer Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5017-3215)
- Jack Hearn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3358-4949)
- Ying Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3234-0523)
- Kangshan Mao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-1844)
- J. L. Nieves‐Aldrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-7455)
- Y. Miles Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-8624)
- ZHIQIANG FANG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6155-7062)
- Graham N. Stone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2737-696X)
- Chang‐Ti Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5693-9645)
Institutions
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Scotland's Rural College (GB)
- Ashworth College (US)
- Leshan Normal University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering (CN)
- Planetary Systems (United States) (US)
- Ministry of Education (KR)
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (ES)
- Qinghai Tibetan Hospital (CN)
- Chengdu University (CN)
- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution (GB)
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES)
- Yuanmeng Precision Technology Research Institute (CN)
- Sichuan Provincial Academy of Natural Resource Sciences (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering
- Southwest Minzu University (CN)
- University of Sopron (HU)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03