Disholcaspis prehensa (agamic)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Disholcaspis
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, red, yellow, green
Texture: honeydew
Abundance: common
Shape:
Season: Spring, Summer
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: stem
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Clasping Twig Gall Wasp
Synonymy:
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New American Cynipid Wasps From Oak Galls

Single or in groups of up to 25. Sessile with a smooth brown basal part clasping the twig, the top enlarged, rugose, dull, and darker in color, probably secreting honeydew when young.

Larval cell basal.

- LH Weld: (1957) New American Cynipid Wasps From Oak Galls©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37074612#page/143/mode/1up


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