Neuroterus q-cornelius-mulleri-flat-topped-gall (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Hosts: Quercus cornelius-mulleri
Detachable: integral
Color: red, yellow, green
Texture: succulent
Abundance: rare
Shape: hemispherical
Season: Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Neuroterus sp.
Flat-topped-gall wasp
Hosts: Quercus cornelius-mulleri
Spring, bisexual
The polythalamous, smooth, fleshy, somewhat succulent galls measure 14 mm in diameter. The bulk of gall development occurs on the underside of leaves.
Range: southwestern Mojave Desert, CA
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-cornelius-mulleri-flat-topped-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
