Barucynips panamensis (agamic)

Coffeikokkos korytkowskii (agamic)

Gall (Fig. 5C–G). Irregular small formations (up to 4–9 mm) arising from crevices on the stems and on the petiole and midribs of leaves. The gall is displayed as a dense mass covered with light brown hairs, solitary, containing a single larval cell or more frequently forming clusters, and then appearing as polythalamous. Inside, the gall has a highly lignified core enclosing the larva (Fig. 5E).

Host plant. Quercus bumelioides Liebm. (section Quercus of Quercus; white oaks (Fagaceae), a species distributed from Mexico to Panama (Breedlove 2001). The gall resembles that of the species of the Nubila complex, established by Kinsey within the subgenus Acraspis of Cynips (Kinsey 1936), all known from Mexico. These galls were described as a mass of coarse hairs containing a spherical hard core, attached to mid-veins, on or under the surfaces of leaves.

Distribution. Barucynips panamensis was found between 2515–3045 m a.s.l. at Volcán Barú, Chiriqui, Panama. Although currently known only at this locality, it is a species that is relatively abundant at the higher elevations of Volcán Barú.

Gall (Fig. 8D–H). 

Similar in location, shape, and size to the galls of Coffeikokkos copeyensis Pujade-Villar & Melika. However, the galls of this new species are much more regularly spherical and its surface is not uniformly colored, but spotty. Diameter of gall measures 5 to 8 mm. They are formed, solitary or more frequently in groups, in stems of Quercus bumelioides Liebm. The surface of the gall is smooth and shiny; whitish, green or yellowish when fresh with red spots, becoming brown when mature. Monothalamic, with compact woody tissue internally containing the single larval cell (Fig. 8H).

Distribution.

Coffeikokkos korytkowskii was found between 2515–3045 m a.s.l. at Volcán Barú, Chiriqui, Panama.

Barucynips panamensis , a new genus and species of oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) from Panama, and description of one new species of  Coffeikokkos