LITHOSAPHONECRUS EDURUS FANG, MELIKA, AND TANG, A NEW CYNIPID INQUILINE SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE: SYNERGINI) FROM SICHUAN, CHINA

A new species of inquiline, Lithosaphonecrus edurus Fang, Melika, and Tang, new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) is described from Emeishan, Sichuan Province, China. Lithosaphonecrus edurus is associated with an as yet undetermined cynipid gall on Lithocarpus cleistocarpus var. cleistocarpus and var. omeiensis, L. hancei and L. megalophyllus (Fagaceae). Description, diagnosis, phenology, and host association for the new species are given. The new species is supported by morphological and molecular data.