TABLE 1 in The experimental life cycle closure of Andricus truncicolus (Giraud, 1859) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) and taxonomic description of its sexual generation

TABLE 1. Description of the laboratory assay, from field collection of asexual galls and female emergence, to the emergence of the adults of the following generation.
NoCollectingAsexualExperiment 1—fromOviposition,Remarkssite and datefemaleinsect placing in thegall development,emergencecontact chamber toadult wasps emergencethe end of ovipositionactivity1Galati27.II.2022From 28 February to 14Oviposition behaviourThe absence of gall development wasMamertino,March, Quercus cerris L.was observed, but noprobably due to the immature buds8 August 2021(12-year-old, labelled asgalls developed.included in the contact chamber, not“Cerro A”).suitable for egg development.2Galati16.III.2022From 16 to 25 March,Oviposition behaviourAlthough the female inside the contactMamertino,Quercus cerris L. (12-was observed, onlychamber laid eggs on several buds on8 August 2021year-old, labelled asone big gall (2.8 cm inthe branch, only one gall developed,“Cerro Fiorio”).diameter) developed.which became visible from 28 AprilFrom 6 to 13 June, 26with an enlargement of the apical budmales emerged from thisof about 1 cm (Fig. 12).single gall.3Viggianello,26.III.2022From 26 March to 2Oviposition behaviourEgg laying occurred after exploration3 August 2021April, (12-year-old,was observed, 15of the branch and buds; the female,labelled as “Cerro A”).galls developed withafter delicately drumming bud withdiameters ranging fromantennae, injected the eggs into the0.8 to 1.9 cm at fullmeristematic tissue for 20 to 40maturity.minutes (Figs 13, 14). During thisFrom 8 to 15 June, 86activity the female contracts andfemales emerged fromstretches her abdomen in a regularthe 15 galls.rhythm. Newly growing galls werevisible from the beginning of May.