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Type material - Holotype: asexual female labelled as follows: white label "Andricus carmelis n. sp., det. M. Sternlicht", red label "Holotype", white label "Andricus sternlichti n. sp., Bellido & Pujade-Villar det. 2000". The holotype female is deposited in TAU, Tel-Aviv. Thirty one female paratypes are designated. Twelve female paratypes are deposited in TAU, Tel-Aviv: 1 female "Har Tabor 1-1972, 4-II, T.A. Quercus boissieri Reut" and "Tab.l"; 1 female "Har Tabor Quercus boissieri Reut" and "Tab. 2"; 1 female "Carmel, Muhraka, 8.IX.1986, reoum XI. 1986, coll. M. Sternlicht", "Cynips (=Andricus) gallaetinctoriae det. M. Sternlicht", "Muhr 2"; 1 female "Carmel, 8.IX.

86, Q. infectoria, reoum Nov. 1986, coll. Hava Lahar", "Cynips (= Andricus) gallaetinctoriae det. M. Sternlicht", "Muhr 1"; 1 female "Carmel, Muhraka, 8.IX.1986, reoum XI.

1986, Quercus infectoria, coll. M. Sternlicht"; 1 female "Carmel, Muhraka, VI—

1985, Quercus boissieri, Andricus carmelis, det. M. Sternlicht, no. 1689"; 1 female "Carmel, Muhraka, 3.X. 1989, Q. boissieri, coll. D. Wool and M. Burstein", "Andricus carmelis n. sp. Det. M. Sternlicht"; 1 female "Andricus carmelis n. sp"; 1 female "Paratypus, Andricus carmelis" (red label); 1 female "ex Quercus boissieri, Me'eron U. Galilee, September 1988, coll. Pmina Rafid"; 1 female"Carmel, Muhraka, emi Nov. 86, coll. M. Sternlicht", "Andricus insana (Westwood)"; 1 female without labels. Other five female paratypes are deposited in the MNHN, Paris: 1 female "Smyrne", "Cynips tinctoriae 01.", "Museum Paris, Coll. Giraud"; 1 female "Smyrna", "Cynips gallaetinctoriae 01.", "Museum Paris, J. Barbier, Coll. Granger"; 3 females "Smyrna", "Museum Paris, J. Barbier, Coll. Granger". Other 3 paratype females are deposited in the NHMW, Vienna: 1 female "Collect. G. Mayr", "Q. leptocarpos Kotschy. Cilicien. m.c. bos."; 1 female "Tir-Rei", "Collect. G.Mayr", "tinctoria, det. G. Mayr"; 1 female "mit Aleppo gallen", "tinctoriae, det. G. Mayr". Other 5 paratype females are deposited in the ZMB, Berlin, all labelled as "Smyrna garke", "Zool. Mus. Berlin", "tinctoria". Other two paratype females are deposited in UB, Barcelona, in Barbotin's collection: 1 female "Cynips tinctoria, Quercus infectarius", "N°6"; 1 female "Hôte: Quercus infectoria, L: Sardachte","N°5". All the above mentioned paratype females with additional labels: red label "Paratype" and a white one "Andricus sternlichti n. sp. det. Bellido & Pujade-Villar 2000". Other two paratype females are deposited in the BMNH, London: 1 female labelled as follows: handwritten blue label "Andricus carmelis, n. sp., det. Stern.", handwritten white label "Carmel, 3.10.1988. Quercus boisserii. Coll. D. Wool", red label "Paralectotype. Female. Andricus sternlichti Bellido, Pujade-Villar & Melika, desig. G. Melika 2003"; 1 female "Carmel, Muhraqa. 3.10.88. coll. D. Wool", "Andricus carmelis. det. M. Stern", a red label "Paratypus" and another red label "Paralectotype. Female. Andricus sternlichti Bellido, Pujade-Villar & Melika, desig. G. Melika 2003". Other two paratype females in the collection of the SPL, Kőszeg: 1 female with white handwritten label "Turkey, For. Res. Inst. Ankara. 16.IX.

1969" and red label "Paralectotype. Female. Andricus sternlichti Bellido, Pujade-Villar & Melika, desig. G. Melika 2003"; 1 female with white label "IRAN, Lorestan, Zagrosa Mnt. 1993. leg. E. Sadeghi", "ex Q. infectoria bud gall (Code 7), em. 09.993", and a red label "Paralectotype. Female. Andricus sternlichti Bellido, Pujade-Villar & Melika, desig. G. Melika 2003". Gall material - Two galls are deposited in TAU, Tel-Aviv: 1 gall "Andricus carmelis n. sp. Det. M. Sternlicht"; 1 gall "Andricus carmelis n. sp. em. 25.10. 1989, coll. 3.10.89, on Q. boissieri, Carmel", 1 gall without labels; all galls with additional label "Gall of Andricus sternlichti n. sp., det. Bellido & Pujade-Villar, 2000". One gall is deposited in the collection of the NHMW, Vienna: "Collect. G. Mayr", "Q. leptocarpos Kotschy. Cilicien. m.c. bos." and "Gall of Andricus sternlichti n. sp., det. Bellido & Pujade-Villar, 2000". One gall is deposited in UB, Barcelona, in the Barbotin collection with a label "Gall of Andricus sternlichti n. sp., det. Bellido & Pujade-Villar, 2000". Two galls are deposited in the BMNH, London and labelled as "Carmel, Muhraqa. 3.10.88. coll. D. Wool", "Andricus carmelis. det. M. Stern.", Quercus boisserii", "Andricus sternlichti Bellido, Pujade-Villar & Melika, det. G. Melika 2003".