Callirhytis cameroni Medianero and Nieves-Aldrey Sp. Nov.

Gall (Fig. 3 D-E)

Large, irregular swellings of the leaves, with smooth and bare surface. Polythalamous, developing in petiole and midrib and engulfing leaf lamina. When fresh, the galls are light green, but galls are dark green with violet tones when mature (Fig. 3D) and are brown when old (Fig 3E). Diameter 14 to 25 mm. Galls are relatively common Quercus salicifolia at the Volcan Baru site.

- E. Medianero, J. Nieves-Aldrey: (2014) Callirhytis cameroni: A New Species of Oak Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) in Panama^©