Aphelonyx Explained

Aphelonyx is a genus of oak gall wasps in the family Cynipidae,^[1] comprising three known species:

• Aphelonyx cerricola (Giraud, 1859)
• Aphelonyx kordestanica Melika, 2010^[2]
• Aphelonyx persica Melika, Stone, Sadeghi & Pujade-Villar, 2004^[3]

Notes and References

1. Melika, G. & Abrahamson, W.G. (2002) Review of the World Genera of Oak Cynipid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). In: Melika, G. & Thuróczy, C. (Eds.), Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biolog-ical Control. International Symposium: “Parasitic Hymenoptera: Taxonomy and Biological Control” (14–17 May 2001, Kõszeg, Hungary). Agroinform, Budapest, pp. 150–190.
2. Melika G, Pujade-Villar J, Abe Y, Tang CT, Nicholls J, Wachi N, Ide T, Yang MM, Penzes Z, Gyorgy C, Stone GN . Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) . Zootaxa . 2470 . 2010 . 1–79 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2470.1.1 .
3. MELIKA. G.. STONE. G. N.. SADEGHI. S. E.. PUJADE-VILLAR. J.. 2004. NEW SPECIES OF CYNIPID GALL WASPS FROM IRAN AND TURKEY (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE: CYNIPINI). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 50. 2. 139–151.