title: New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Synergus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from the Eastern Palaearctic.
abstract: Eight new species of cynipid inquilines, Synergus abei Melika & Schwéger, S. belizinellus Schwéger & Melika, S. changtitangi Melika & Schwéger, S. formosanus Schwéger & Melika, S. ishikarii Melika & Schwéger, S. kawakamii Tang & Melika, S. khazani Melika & Schwéger and S. symbioticus Schwéger & Melika, from the Eastern Palaearctic are described. Descriptions, diagnoses, biology, and host associations for the new species and a key to all known Eastern Palaearctic Synergus species are given. All taxa are supported by morphological and molecular data. We discuss the status of all previously described Eastern Palaearctic Synergus species, and provide validation and synonymization of some species.
authors.affiliation: University of Szeged, Department of Ecology, Közép fasor 52 Szeged, Hungary.; Email: schwegerszabina@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Szabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwéger
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-environment, Budaörsi str. 141-145, Budapest 1118, Hungary.; Email: melikageorge@gmail.com.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melika
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227 Taiwan.; Email: cynipidsman@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Chang-Ti
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Biological Resesarch Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics, Temesvári krt 62, Szeged, 6726.; Email: penzes@bio.u-szeged.hu.
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bihari
authors.affiliation: Plant Health and Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-environment, Budaörsi str. 141-145, Budapest 1118, Hungary.; Email: mikitv.bozs@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bozsó
authors.affiliation: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K.; Email: graham.stone@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Graham N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.affiliation: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K.; Email: james.nicholls@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nicholls
authors.affiliation: University of Szeged, Department of Ecology, Közép fasor 52 Szeged, Hungary. Biological Resesarch Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics, Temesvári krt 62, Szeged, 6726.; Email: penzes@bio.u-szeged.hu.
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pénzes
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development