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New Miocene oak galls (Cynipini) and their bearing on the history of cynipid wasps in western North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Diane M. Erwin  and
Katherine N. Schick
Diane M. Erwin
Affiliation:
Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley 94720,
Katherine N. Schick
Affiliation:
Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley 94720,
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Abstract

Two leaves of Quercus simulata Knowlton from the Miocene of Oregon each show a new type of cynipid gall. Antronoides cyanomontanus n. sp. is described from six elongate and narrowly spindle-shaped galls, 7.0 mm long, and 2.0 mm wide tapering to a narrow tip. They have expanded rim-like bases with most galls scattered throughout the midsection adjacent to or partially straddling a secondary vein. Antronoides oregonensis n. sp. is known from 20 galls, 4.0-5.0 mm long, 1.8-2.0 mm wide and weakly clavate, appearing C-shaped with a rounded apex and circular to oval-shaped base. Galls occur primarily in the basal third of the leaf in a single file along each side of the midrib. Contrary to previous studies, we found A. schorni Waggoner and Poteet, A. polygonalis Waggoner, and A. cyanomontanus to be morphologically closer to Cynips cornifex Hartig on Q. pubescens (European white oak), whereas the new gall A. oregonensis most closely resembles X. clavuloides. The presence of Antronoides indicates the evolution and dispersal of Cynipini wasps was well underway in western North America by the Miocene. However, the new galls leave open the possibility that X. clavuloides and related species may have evolved during the Paleogene in higher-latitude mesic forests of western North America, rather than in the southern Great Basin as suggested by Kinsey and Waggoner and Poteet.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , May 2007 , pp. 568 - 580
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