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Gall communities of the bedeguar gall wasp, Diplolepis rosae, have been explored by many authors during the years because of their species richness and relevance for biological and ecological studies. Some observations focused on the D. rosae larvae revealed the critical importance of hibernation for successful development of adult individuals. However, there are no data on the effects of winter diapause of the gall inducer on other gall inhabitants, like parasitoids and inquilines. In the present study, the parasitoid community composition, species abundance and species diversity in the absence of hibernation of the gall-inducer from samples collected from Stara Planina Mts and the Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria, were investigated. The data from non-cold stored samples were compared with those of a similar study from Vitosha Mts, where there was successful hibernation of the gall-maker. In addition to D. rosae and its inquiline Periclistus brandtii, a total of 18 hymenopteran parasitoid species emerged from the bedeguar galls; they belonged to Eulophidae (three species), Eupelmidae (five species), Eurytomidae (three species), Pteromalidae (two species), Torymidae (three species) and Ichneumonidae (two species). The estimated diversity indices showed moderate parasitoid species diversity at the studied areas. The most numerous species in the samples were Glyphomerus stigma and Pteromalus bedeguaris. Two species are new to the Bulgarian fauna – Eurytoma caninae and Eupelmus fulvipes. Additionally, one association with the rose bedeguar galls is newly discovered – Oomyzus galerucivorus has not been previously recorded as member of this community. One unknown species belonging to genus Stepanovia was also found.
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We express our gratitude to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Teodora Toshova (IBER, BAS) for her assistance with analyses. We are also grateful to Teodora Stoyanova, MSc (Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom) for her contribution in editing of the manuscript. Our sincere thanks also to Prof. Dimitar Dimitrov (retired) (National Museum of Natural History, BAS) who identified Rosa canina, to Dr. Musa Azmaz (Pamukkale University, Turkey) for literature sources provided, to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zoltán László (Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania) for his helpful comments and to Dr. Özlem Mete (Hacettepe University, Turkey) and Dr. Richard Askew (retired) who kindly sent us some not reported data about the rearing procedures in their previous studies.
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This study was supported by the grant DN11/13–18.12.2017 to Ivaylo Todorov (Biodiversity of families Eulophidae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in mountainous habitats. Barcoding and distinguishing of close species), funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria.
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Todorov, I., Boyadzhiev, P., Antov, M. et al. Interrupted hibernation of the gall-inducer affects its parasitoids – a case study on some gall communities of Diplolepis rosae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Bulgaria. Biologia 77, 3143–3155 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01184-7
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