Antron quercusnubila (Bassett, 1881), sexual generation

[Synonyms are listed on the agamic gall page]

Material examined: 1 female and 2 males “USA, Arizona, Molino Basin campground, Santa Catalina Mtns. leg.
J. Nicholls, 2008.04.09. Code AZ1875, spAZb9; ex Quercus oblongifolia”

Diagnosis: the bud galls of A. quercusnubila are oblong with long hairs.

Gall (Figs 80–81). The sexual generation develops in a small oblong bud gall, 5 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, pale green with white or pink pubescence, hairs several mm long. The gall develops on lenticel buds on stems or on the bark of larger branches.

Biology. Asexual galls (Fig. 79) develop on leaves, sexual galls in lenticel buds; both generations on Q. arizonica, Q. rugosa and Q. oblongifolia.

Distribution. USA: Arizona (Burks 1979).

- James Nicholls, George Melika, Scott Digweed, Graham Stone: (2022) Pairing of sexual and asexual generations of Nearctic oak gallwasps, with new synonyms and new species names (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)^©