Andricus tubalis (agamic)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Andricus
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, gray, white, yellow, black
Texture: hairy, hairless
Abundance: rare
Shape:
Season: Summer, Spring
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Synonymy:
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Field notes on gall-inhabiting cynipid wasps with descriptions of new species

Andricus tubalis, new species

Host. — Quercus arizonica.

Gall (fig. 21). — Arising from a weak bud on small twigs, usually on wood of previous year, easily detachable. Trumpet-shaped, the outside fluted, tapering to a sessile or clasping base, the flaring end forming a shallow cup in the bottom of which is the exit hole, 5-8 mm. long, cup up to 7 mm. in diameter. yellowish-white in color. The single larval cell lies longitudinally in the cylindrical stem of the gall, no false cavity present.

Habitat. — The type material was collected June 22, 1918, at Oracle, Ariz. The two adults emerged and died before August 23, Empty galls were seen at the same locality in December, 1921. Precisely similar galls were observed on Q. oblongifolia at Nogales.

- LH Weld: (1926) Field notes on gall-inhabiting cynipid wasps with descriptions of new species©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7610635#page/354/mode/1up


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