Druon flocculentum (Lyon, 1996), comb. nov.

Andricus flocculentus Lyon, 1996: 181, female, gall.

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Gall. Clustered but discrete cells forming a woolly mass on the underside of the leaf midrib (Lyon 1996). Clusters ranging from 3 to 6mm in diameter, the pubescence is white to pale yellow. The individual cells are 2.5–3.0 mm long, ovoid and thin walled.

Biology. Only the asexual generation is known, which induces woolly leaf galls on Q. pungens and Q. obtusata (both Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae). Galls were collected in February-March. Adults probably emerge shortly afterwards.

Distribution. USA: TX (Lyon 1996); Mexico: Mexico City in this study.

- Victor Cuesta-Porta, George Melika, James Nicholls, Graham Stone, Juli Pujade-Villar: (2022) Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Druon Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with description of five new species^©