The Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus: a global invader and a successful case of classical biological control

DN Avtzis, G Melika, D Matošević, DR Coyle - Journal of pest science, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Native to China, the Asian chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus (ACGW), was
first found outside its native range in Japan and the Korean peninsula in the mid-twentieth …

Torymus sinensis: a viable management option for the biological control of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Europe?

M Gibbs, K Schönrogge, A Alma, G Melika, A Quacchia… - BioControl, 2011 - Springer
The chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a global pest of chestnut (Castanea spp).
Established as a pest in the mid-twentieth century in Japan, Korea and North America, this …

Phylogeny, evolution and classification of gall wasps: the plot thickens

F Ronquist, JL Nieves-Aldrey, ML Buffington, Z Liu… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Gall wasps (Cynipidae) represent the most spectacular radiation of gall-inducing insects. In
addition to true gall formers, gall wasps also include phytophagous inquilines, which live …

Rearing, release and settlement prospect in Italy of Torymus sinensis, the biological control agent of the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus

A Quacchia, S Moriya, G Bosio, I Scapin, A Alma - BioControl, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), is one of the most
serious pests attacking chestnut trees. Recently it was incidentally introduced into Northwest …

World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera): a key to higher-level groups

ML Buffington, M Forshage, J Liljeblad… - Insect Systematics …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
While much has been learned regarding the phylogeny and evolution of cynipoid wasps,
clearly illustrated diagnostic tools and identification keys have remained stagnant. So too …

Extreme host plant conservatism during at least 20 million years of host plant pursuit by oak gallwasps

GN Stone, A Hernandez-Lopez, JA Nicholls… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Diversification of insect herbivores is often associated with coevolution between plant toxins
and insect countermeasures, resulting in a specificity that restricts host plant shifts. Gall …

A fully web-illustrated morphological phylogenetic study of relationships among oak gall wasps and their closest relatives (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

J Liljeblad, F Ronquist, JL Nieves-Aldrey… - Zootaxa, 2008 - biotaxa.org
Large morphological phylogenetics analyses are often poorly documented because of the
constraints of traditional print journals, making it difficult to critically evaluate the data and …

A mismatch in the emergence of Torymus sinensis may affect the effectiveness of this biocontrol agent?

C Ferracini, C Pogolotti, A Alma - Biological Control, 2022 - Elsevier
The biocontrol agent Torymus sinensis Kamijo is considered as one of the most successful
examples of classical biological control programs. This parasitoid represented a feasible …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of the oak gallwasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) fauna of the Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions

Z Penzes, CT Tang, GN Stone, JA Nicholls… - Zootaxa, 2018 - mapress.com
Cynipid gallwasps comprise 1364 species worldwide, predominantly in temperate regions of
the Holarctic. The vast majority of recorded species are from the Nearctic and the Western …

Quercus

PR Aldrich, J Cavender-Bares - Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding …, 2011 - Springer
The genus Quercus (the oaks) is an important tree taxon and we review here several
aspects of its biology relevant to domestication and summarize progress to date in breeding …