A new genus of cynipid oak gallwasp, Zapatella Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with two new species, Zapatella grahami Pujade-Villar & Melika, sp. n. and Zapatella nievesaldreyi Melika & Pujade-Villar, sp. n., is described from the Neotropics. Zapatella grahami,known only from the sexual generation,induces galls in acorns of Quercus costaricensis and is curre...

Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) are gall wasps that induce conspicuous galls on Rosa spp. (Rosaceae). These species distributed globally and in Europe some especially common founder organisms of biological communities composed different insects. However, the ecological niches these have not been studied detail. We modelled potential distributions using locations four most abundant Iberian P...

The Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) is a critical pest that threatens cultivation. causes yield losses by deforming the buds of infected trees. This pest, which was first detected in Italy 2002 Europe, seen Gacık village Yalova province 2014 Türkiye. In following years, it spread to Bursa, Istanbul, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Balıkesir, Bilecik, Düzce, G...