James A. Nicholls

James A. Nicholls, Scotland entomologist

Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, U.K

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Tang, C.-T., Melika, G., Nicholls, J.A., Yang, M.M. & Stone, G.N. 2011: A new genus of oak gallwasps, Cycloneuroterus Melika & Tang, with the description of five new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa 3008: 33–62. Preview Reference page.

Schwéger, S., Melika, G., Tang, C-T., Bihari, P., Bozsó, M., Stone, G.N., Nicholls, J.A. & Pénzes, Z. 2015. New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Synergus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from the Eastern Palaearctic. Zootaxa 3999(4): 451–497. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Schwéger, S., Melika, G., Tang, C-T., Yang, M-M., Stone, G.N., Nicholls, J.A., Sinclair, F., Hearn, J., Bozsó, M. & Pénzes, Z. 2015. New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Saphonecrus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from the Eastern Palaearctic, with a re-appraisal of known species world-wide. Zootaxa 4054(1): 1–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4054.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-851-2 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-852-9 (Online edition) Reference page.

Tang, C-T., Sinclair, F., Hearn, J., Yang, M-M., Stone, G.N., Nicholls, J.A., Schwéger, S. & Melika, G. 2016. Eight new species of Cycloneuroterus Melika & Tang gallwasps from Taiwan and mainland China (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Zootaxa 4088(4): 451–488. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.4.1.Reference page.
Tang, C-T., Miko, I., Nicholls, J.A., Schwéger, S., Yang, M-M., Stone, G.N., Sinclair, F., Bozsó, M., Melika, G. & Pénzes, Z. 2016. New Dryocosmus Giraud species associated with Cyclobalanopsis and non-Quercus host plants from the Eastern Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 53: 77–162. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.53.9890. Reference page.

Cerasa, G., Lo Verde, G., Caleca, V., Massa, B., Nicholls, J.A. & Melika, G. 2018. Description of Dryocosmus destefanii new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Quercus suber L. in Italy. Zootaxa 4370(5): 535–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.5 Reference page.
Melika, G., Memtsas, G.I., Nicholls, J.A. & Avtzis, D.N. 2018. New species of cynipid inquiline, Saphonecrus kuriphilusi (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini), from Dryocosmus kuriphilus galls in Greece. Zootaxa 4441(1): 109–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.6 Reference page.
Nicholls, J.A., Melika, G., DeMartini, J. & Stone, G.N. 2018. New species of Dryocosmus Giraud gallwasps from California (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) galling Chrysolepis Hjelmq. (Fagaceae). Zootaxa 4532(3): 407–433. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.6 Reference page.
Nicholls, J.A., Stone, G.N. & Melika, G. 2018. A new genus of oak gallwasp, Protobalandricus Melika, Nicholls & Stone (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from California. Zootaxa 4472(1): 141–152. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.7 Reference page.
Pénzes, Z., Tang, C-T., Stone, G.N., Nicholls, J.A., Schwéger, S., Bozsó, M. & Melika, G. 2018. Current status of the oak gallwasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) fauna of the Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Zootaxa 4433(2): 245–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.2 Reference page.

Cerasa, G., Lo Verde, G., Caleca, V., Massa, B., Nicholls, J.A. & Melika, G. 2020. Description of the sexual generation of Dryocosmus destefanii (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) and disclosure of its life cycle. Zootaxa 4742(2): 359–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.2.9 Reference page.

Melika, G., Nicholls, J.A., Abrahamson, W.G., Buss, E.A. & Stone, G.N. 2021. New species of Nearctic oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini). Zootaxa 5084(1): 1–131. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5084.1.1 Reference page.