Coffeikokkos korytkowskii (agamic)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Coffeikokkos
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, yellow, green, purple, tan
Texture: hairless, spotted
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Shape: sphere
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Alignment:
Walls: spongy
Location: stem
Form: oak apple
Cells: monothalamous
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Barucynips panamensis , a new genus and species of oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) from Panama, and description of one new species of Coffeikokkos
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Gall (Fig. 8D–H).

Similar in location, shape, and size to the galls of Coffeikokkos copeyensis Pujade-Villar & Melika. However, the galls of this new species are much more regularly spherical and its surface is not uniformly colored, but spotty. Diameter of gall measures 5 to 8 mm. They are formed, solitary or more frequently in groups, in stems of Quercus bumelioides Liebm. The surface of the gall is smooth and shiny; whitish, green or yellowish when fresh with red spots, becoming brown when mature. Monothalamic, with compact woody tissue internally containing the single larval cell (Fig. 8H).

Distribution.

Coffeikokkos korytkowskii was found between 2515–3045 m a.s.l. at VolcĂĄn BarĂș, Chiriqui, Panama.

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- Enrique Medianero, José Luis Nieves-Aldrey: (2013) Barucynips panamensis , a new genus and species of oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) from Panama, and description of one new species of Coffeikokkos©


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