Neuroterus rosieae Melika, Nicholls & Stone, sp. nov.

Gall. (Figs. 420–421). A small monolocular bud gall, pear-shaped with a spherical body that is drawn out to an apical point, greenish to purple, 3 mm across, 5 mm tall. The gall bears tiny bracts on its surface and is covered in dense, short, pale pubescence.

Biology. Only a sexual generation is known, which induces bud galls on Q. arizonica and Q. turbinella. Galls mature in April, adults emerge soon afterwards.

Distribution. USA, Arizona, along Mogollon Rim in area south of Flagstaff

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