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Discovery of Alien Invaders in Galls of the Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Haltwork (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in the Northern Caucasus

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The Oriental chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 began to cause significant damage soon after its introduction to forests with participation of the sweet chestnut in Russia. The study of its biology revealed the presence of several insect species using the galls of D. kuriphilus as a new habitat. It remains unknown how these consumers affect the Oriental chestnut gall wasp.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are sincerely grateful to M.L. Danilevsky (Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) for confirming the identification of the longhorn beetles, to A.V. Petrov (Institute of Forest Science of RAS, Moscow) for confirming the identification of H. eruditus, to A.A. Legalov (Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, the Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk) for identifying M. flavicornis, to N.B. Nikitsky for identifying B. tamarisci, and to S. Gomboc (Slovenia) and N.I. Kirichenko (Krasnoyarsk) for identifying E. effractella.

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This research was carried out within the framework of State contract No. 0318100008221000143 of 23.11.2021 at the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve and contract No. YuG-7/21 of 27.07.2021 between the All-Russia Research Institute for Silviculture and Forestry Mechanization and the Sochi National Park.

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    Yu. I. Gninenko, A. Yu. Gninenko, E. A. Chilakhsaeva & U. A. Chernova

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Gninenko, Y.I., Gninenko, A.Y., Chilakhsaeva, E.A. et al. Discovery of Alien Invaders in Galls of the Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Haltwork (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in the Northern Caucasus. Entmol. Rev. 103, 72–74 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823010098

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