Unknown q-palmeri-pumpkin-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: tan
Texture: hairless
Abundance: rare
Shape: globular
Season:
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #32
Pumpkin-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus palmeri

This wasp induces round, pumpkin-shaped, polythalamous galls on the dorsal midrib of Palmer's oak leaves.

Range: Owen's Peak Wilderness and Santa Rosa Mountains, CA

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


Further Information:
Author(s)
Year
Title
License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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