George Melika

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Hungarian entomologist

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1959(Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine)

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George Melika, Hungarian entomologist

Plant Health and Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Plant Protection, Soil Conservation and Agri-environment, Budaörsi str. 141-145, Budapest 1118, Hungary

Melika, G., Pérez-Hidalgo, N., Hanson, P. & Pujade-Villar, J. 2009. New species of oak gallwasp from costa rica (Hymenoptera: cynipidae: cynipini). Dugesiana 16(1): 35–39. [full article (PDF). Reference page.

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.

Pujade-Villar, J., Hanson, P., Medina-Uribe, C.A., Torres, M. & Melika, G. 2012. A new genus of oak gallwasps, Zapatella Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., with a description of two new species from the Neotropics (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini). ZooKeys 210: 75-104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.210.3014 .Reference page.
Tang, C.T., Sinclair, F. & Melika, G. 2012. A new Latuspina Monzen oak gallwasp species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 573–577. full article (PDF). 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., Verde, G.L., 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., 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.