Kokkocynips doctorrosae Pujade-Villar, n. sp.

Gall (Fig. 4). A unilocular twig gall, nearly spherical, 8–10 mm in diameter, slightly flattened basally, with smooth surface, lacking pubescence, yellowish with concen-tric circular red-brown lines, apically reddish-pink. The gall stays soft when mature, but not fragile. Larval chamber ovate, 1.4 × 1.8 mm, with thin walls (0.16 mm), sur-rounded by a spongy-like tissue, located in the centre of the gall. Exit hole usually located laterally. There is always a longitudinal crack in the bark where the gall was inserted.

Host plant. Quercus acutifolia (Section Lobatae of Quercus; red oaks), distributed in Mexico (states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca and Puebla), Guatemala, Belize and Honduras (Romero-Rangel 2006).

Distribution. Currently known only from Mexico (State of Michoacán). Galls were collected between Maravatío and Morelia.

Kokkocynips doctorrosae Pujade-Villar, 2013
Kokkocynips doctorrosae Pujade-Villar y Melika, In Pujade-Villar et al. (2013a: 212)

Gall (Fig. 6a): Located on the branches, unilocular, almost spherical (8–10 mm in diameter), slightly flattened basally, with a smooth surface, without pubescence, yellowish with concentric circular lines of brown-red color, apically reddish-pink. The gall remains soft when it matures, but it is not fragile. Ovate larval chamber (1.4 × 1.8 mm), with thin walls (0.16 mm), surrounded by a spongy tissue, located in the center of the vesicle. The exit hole is usually found laterally. There is always a longitudinal crack in the bark where the gall was inserted.

Hosts: Quercus acutifolia Née, 1801, and Q. crassipes (section Lobatae).

Biology: Only the asexual generation is known. The galls develop in the rainy season, mature in November, and the adults begin to emerge in December.

Distribution: Mexico (Michoacán); first record for Santa Fe (Mexico City) and first record on Q. crassipes.

Kokkocynips doctorrosae Pujade-Villar, 2013

Gall: the gall (Fig. 11A) is unilocular on twigs, nearly spherical, 8–10 mm in diameter, slightly flattened basally, with a smooth surface, lacking pubescence, yellowish with concentric circular red-brown lines, apically reddish-pink. The gall stays soft when mature, but not fragile. Larval chamber ovate, 1.4 × 1.8 mm, with thin walls (0.16 mm), surrounded by a sponge-like tissue, located in the centre of the gall. Exit hole usually located laterally. There is always a longitudinal crack in the bark where the gall is inserted.

Host plant: Quercus acutifolia, Q. castanea, Q. crassifolia and Q. crassipes (section Lobatae within Quercus).

Biology: only known from an asexual generation.

Distribution: currently known only from Mexico. Originally recorded only from the state of Michoacan. New records from Oaxaca, Puebla and Mexico states added here extend the distribution of this species.

Remarks: K. doctorrosae can be easily distinguished from the other known species of Kokkocynips by the regular well-marked reticulate sculpture on the metasomal terga. Congruent with the morphological similarity of both adults and galls, this species is sister to the Nearctic species K. imbricariae in the multi-locus phylogenetic analysis (Fig. 1), and forms a close cluster with K. imbricariae and K. difficilis based on cytb distances (all just over 5% divergent; Table 1).