Amphibolips nevadensis (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Amphibolips
Hosts: Quercus calophylla
Detachable: detachable
Color: green
Texture: spotted
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Spring
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Alignment:
Walls: thin, spongy
Location: bud, stem
Form: oak apple
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
Revision of the Amphibolips species of Mexico excluding the “niger complex” Kinsey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), with description of seven new species
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Amphibolips nevadensis sp. nov.
Gall (Figs 19E, 19F). A globular gall ending in a obtuse apical point. Monothalamic. Grows on twigs of Quercus candicans.
Distribution. A. nevadensis was found at 2300 m a.s.l. at Nevado Colima, Jalisco state, Mexico.
Biology. Exhibits a sexual generation. The galls were collected in March, and the male adults emerged in April. The female was collected in August
”- Jose Luis Nieves-Aldrey, E Pascual, Y Maldonado-Lopez, E Medianero, K Oyama: (2012) Revision of the Amphibolips species of Mexico excluding the “niger complex” Kinsey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), with description of seven new species©
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