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DNA barcodes reveal inconsistent species boundaries in Diplolepis rose gall wasps and their Periclistus inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2019

Y. Miles Zhang Open the ORCID record for Y. Miles Zhang [Opens in a new window] ,
Zoltán László ,
Chris Looney ,
Avar-Lehel Dénes ,
Robert H. Hanner  and
Joseph D. Shorthouse
Y. Miles Zhang*
Affiliation:
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32608, United States of America
Zoltán László
Affiliation:
Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RO-400015, Romania
Chris Looney
Affiliation:
Washington State Department of Agriculture, Olympia, Washington, 98504, United States of America
Avar-Lehel Dénes
Affiliation:
Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RO-400015, Romania
Robert H. Hanner
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Joseph D. Shorthouse
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
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Abstract

Rose gall wasps, Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), induce structurally distinct galls on wild roses (Rosa Linnaeus; Rosaceae), which provide gallers with food and shelter. These galls are attacked by a wide variety of micro-hymenopterans, including Periclistus Förster (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), which act as inquilines. Both Diplolepis and Periclistus are difficult to distinguish based on adult morphology, instead the structural appearance of galls is often used to distinguish species. Using the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, we tested the species boundaries and built phylogenies of both Diplolepis and Periclistus. The molecular results have largely supported the validity of species described in the literature, with notable exceptions in four species groups. Periclistus exhibits a divide between the Palaearctic and Nearctic clades, and ranges from specialists to generalists in terms of host specificity. While it is premature to enact any taxonomic changes without additional molecular markers, this incongruence between morphological and molecular data indicates these groups need taxonomic revision and gall morphology alone may be inadequate to delimit species.

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Systematics and Morphology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 151 , Issue 6 , December 2019 , pp. 717 - 727
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2019 

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