Loxaulus panamensis Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey sp. nov.

Etymology. Named after the country where the new species was collected.

Gall (Fig. 5G). Cryptic, polythalamous in twigs. There is a only a slight stem hyperthrophy and the galls arebarely detected before adults emergence. The gall consist of small ellipsoidal larval cells inside of twigs.

Distribution. Loxaulus panamensis was found to 3079 m a.s.l. at Volcan Baru, Chiriqui, Panama.

Biology. Only the asexual generation is known, inducing galls on Quercus bumelioides Liebm. (section Quer-cus). The galls are found between May and July during the rain season in Panama

- Enrique Medianero, José Luis Nieves-Aldrey, George Melika: (2011) Two new neotropical species of oak gall wasps of the genus Loxaulus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Panama.^©