Xanthoteras emoryi (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Xanthoteras
Hosts: Quercus emoryi
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown
Texture:
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thin, radiating-fibers
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Biorhiza emoryi
Diplolepis emoryi
Dryophanta emoryi
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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Dryophanta emoryi, new species
Gall.--A small, brown, thin-shelled, semiglobular gall, attached by a small point to the upper or under surface of a leaf of Quercus emoryi. Internally there is a small, central kernel, held in place by delicate filamentary fibers. Diameter, 2 to 3 mm.
Three specimens, reared December 13, 1880, from the above described gall; collected by Mr HH Rusby, at Silver City, NM.
”- William Ashmead: (1896) Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31780#page/139/mode/1up
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