Andricus fitzpatricki Melika & Abrahamson, sp. nov.
Sexual generation

Diagnosis. In A. fitzpatricki the clusters of catkin galls are smooth and shiny, without pubescence while in A. cooki the galls are covered with dense whitish pubescence.

Gall (Fig. 139). Greenish to yellowish clusters of smooth, rounded unilocular galls, with a nipple on the top, causing reddish tints on affected catkins.

Host oaks. Q. laurifolia and Q. myrtifolia

Biology. Alternating sexual and asexual generations are known. The sexual generation catkin galls develop on Q. myrtifolia and Q. laurifolia, while the asexual acorn galls have been found on Q. myrtifolia, Q. laurifolia and Q. inopina. Asexual galls develop in October - November, maturing in November. Adults overwintering in galls, emerge in February - March. Sexual generation catkin galls develop in early spring, adults emerge in late spring.

Distribution. USA, Florida: Highlands Co. (Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid), Brevard Co. (Malabar Scrub Sanctuary and Coconut Point Sanctuary), Martin Co. (Jonathan Dickinson State Park), Sarasota Co. (Myakka River State Park)

- George Melika, James Nicholls, Warren Abrahamson, Eileen Buss, Graham Stone: (2021) New species of Nearctic oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)^©