Asiocynips Kovalev, 1982

Nastasi, Louis F. & Deans, Andrew R., 2025, Review of the world genera of Phanacidini (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae), with the first record from China and a new tribal diagnostic character, Zootaxa 5621 (4), pp. 401-419 : 407

Asiocynips Kovalev, 1982

Asiocynips Kovalev, 1982: 88 . Type species: Asiocynips pannucea Kovalev, 1982 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Asiocynips is distinguished from other genera of Phanacidini based on the following combination of characters: antenna shorter than body; fore wing marginal cell entirely closed; fore wing areolet present; fore wing with conspicuous marginal setae; mesoscutum with conspicuous transverse rugose sculpture; female antenna with 13 antennomeres. Asiocynips also has the notauli more or less indistinct, although this character is found in various other Phanacidini . See also diagnosis to Diakontschukia Melika, 2006 .

Diversity. Four species of Asiocynips are known: A. caulina Diakontschuk, 1988 ; A. cousiniae Diakontschuk, 1988 ; A. lugubris Kovalev, 1982 ; A. pannucea Kovalev, 1982 (Nastasi et al. in press).

Biology. Species of Asiocynips induce galls on the stems of Cousinia Cass. ( Asteraceae : Cardueae); A. caulina and A. cousiniae are associated with C. bipinnata Boiss. and C. refracta Jur. respectively ( Diakontschuk 1988, Nastasi et al. in press). The Cousinia species used by A. lugubris and A. pannucea are unknown ( Kovalev, 1982).

Remarks. Species of Asiocynips were illustrated by Kovalev (1982), Diakontschuk (1988), and Melika (2006).