Trichoteras perfulvum, new species

Host: Quercus chrysolepis

Gall: Tan colored, circular, 6-8 mm. in diameter by 1 mm. high, single or in two's or three's, attached to midrib on upper or lower side of leaf in the fall. Sparingly hairy, thin walled, with an eccentric ellipsoidal cell inside held in place by radiating fibers.

Range: Idyllwild CA Both living and dead adults were found in the galls when they were cut open, February 9, 1949. Fresh galls are fully grown by mid-June.

- LH Weld: (1952) New American Cynipid Wasps From Galls^©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15672471#page/364/mode/1up