Striatoandricus sanchezi n. sp.
Agamic generation

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Gall (Fig. 10b): Adheres to the central nerve on the lower face of the rarely leaves on the lower face. It is presented as a mass of brown wool with circular-looking shape, with a non-brittle pubescence, 2.0–2.5 cm diameter. The pubescence is located above the central core forming a layer of 5–7 mm thick. The central polythalamous, light brown, dense and hard, without separating the larval chambers, which are slightly ovoid (1 × 1.5 mm). The number of larval cameras ranges from 7–15.

Biology: Only asexual females are known. The galls appear in August and the adults emerge in March.

Host: It occurs on Quercus magnoliifolia Née (section Quercus), endemic species from México.

Distribution: México (Jalisco)

- Víctor Cuesta-Porta, Miquel A. Arnedo, David Cibrián-Tovar, Uriel M. Barrera-Ruiz, Rosa D. García-Martiñón, Armando Equihua-Martínez, Edith G. Estrada-Venegas, Ricardo Clark-Tapia, Silvia Romero-Rangel, and Juli Pujade-Villar: (2020) A New Genus of Oak Gall Wasp, Striatoandricus Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from America with Descriptions of Two New Mexican Species^©