Zerovia Diakontschuk, 1988

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 : 415

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scientific name	Zerovia Diakontschuk, 1988
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Zerovia Diakontschuk, 1988: 166 . Type species: Zerovia asiaemediae Diakontschuk, 1988 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Zerovia is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: antenna longer than body; fore wing marginal cell entirely closed; fore wing areolet absent; fore wing with conspicuous marginal setae; mesoscutum with alutaceous to reticulate sculpture; female antenna with 14 antennomeres.

Diversity. Monotypic; includes only the species Z. asiaemediae .

Biology. The single known species induces galls on stems of Epilasia (Bunge) ( Asteraceae : Cichorieae), although the exact host species is unknown ( Diakontschuk, 1988).

Remarks. Zerovia was illustrated by Diakontschuk (1988) and Melika (2006).