Neuroterus clavensis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Hosts: Quercus gambelii / Quercus turbinella
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray
Texture: stiff, hairless
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Season: Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: stem club
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
New American Cynipids from galls
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Neuroterus clavensis, new species
Host. Quercus gambelii
Gall. Resembles the white-oak club gall externally but with a different internal structure, having a compact nest of cells on one side imbedded in brownish corky tissue.
Habitat.— Galls at Flagstaff, Ariz., contained adults on April 10 and flies emerged May 11-23. Galls from Prescott, Ariz., gave adults on same dates. Galls were seen at Grand Canyon and Williams, Ariz., and in New Mexico at Tijeras and Fierro and in Colorado at Colorado Springs.
”- LH Weld: (1944) New American Cynipids from galls©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32802#page/15/mode/1up
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