Antron lovellae Melika, Nicholls & Stone, sp. nov.

Diagnosis. The gall is somewhat similar to the asexual generation gall of the California species Cynips (Antron) douglasii (Ashmead, 1896) but rounder and with fewer spines.

Gall. (Fig. 286). A small (up to 8 mm in height and diameter) unilocular leaf gall on underside of leaves, with a reddish-brown surface covered with grey pubescence. Roughly conical with short stubby spines protruding from near the base of the gall. Also pictured in Fig. 163 of Weld (1960).

Biology. Only an asexual generation is known, which induces leaf galls on Q. turbinella. Galls mature in October-November, adults emerge soon afterwards.

Distribution. USA, Arizona, Flagstaff

- George Melika, James Nicholls, Warren Abrahamson, Eileen Buss, Graham Stone: (2021) New species of Nearctic oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)^©