New Paper on Inconspicuous Gall Wasps

Charles Davis and colleagues recently published a paper describing two new species of gall wasps that induce inconspicuous galls cinquefoil plants. This paper also compiles a comprehensive list of all gall wasp species that induce inconspicuous galls on plants and discusses the distribution, adaptive benefits, and evolutionary significance of inconspicuous galls among this group. 

Charles K. Davis, Louis F. Nastasi, Victor Cuesta-Porta, Heather M. Hines & Andrew R. Deans (2026) Minimalism is in: two new Diastrophus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) species inducing inconspicuous galls on cinquefoils (Rosaceae: Potentilleae), with evaluation of the extended phenotype across gall wasps, Journal of Natural History, 60:5-8, 423-447, doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2605329.

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