Andricus rhizoxenus (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Detachable: integral
Color: gray
Texture: stiff, hairless
Abundance: occasional
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
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Amphibolips rhizoxenus
Callirhytis rhizoxena
Callirhytis rhizoxenus
Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum
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Callirhytis rhizoxenus, new species.
A large, irregular, more or less globular, fleshy swelling, occurring on the roots of an oak in Arizona, and containing numerous larval cells; some galls measure about 4 cm. in length; others are much smaller.
Specimens reared June 24 and 28 and July 6, 1882, from galls received from Mr. H.K. Morrison, collected on roots of a live oak at Fort Grant, Arizona.
”- William Ashmead: (1896) Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum©
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