Feron tecturnarum Kinsey, 1920 comb. nov

Gall (Figs 407–408). Reddish-yellow furry leaf gall mass; a gregarious cluster of individual cells, 10–25 galls,
placed on the underside of leaf, to 20 mm long projecting from leaf by up to 15 mm.

Biology. The asexual generation is only known, which induces galls on Q. potosina (section Quercus, subsection Leucomexicana). Previous host records for the name Andricus tecturnarum from white oaks found in the southwest of the USA (e.g. Weld 1960, Burks 1979) are almost definitely attributable to the newly described species F. tetyanae, which is newly recognised in this study as being distinct from F. tecturnarum (based on both morphology and DNA sequences). The gall matures in late autumn, adults start emerging the next February.

Distribution. Mexico: San Luis Potosi (Kinsey 1920, authors).

- Victor Cuesta-Porta, George Melika, James, A. Nicholls, Graham N. Stone, Juli Pujade-Villar: (2023) Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including the description of six new species^©