Andricus crassicornis (agamic)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Andricus
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Color: black
Texture: ribbed
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Location: stem
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Cells: monothalamous
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Callirhytis crassicornis
Ashmead's original combination
missing image of Andricus crassicornis (agamic)

Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum

Callirhytis crassicornis, new species.

A peculiar, irregular, somewhat triangulated, hard, finely rugose, blackish seed-like gall, issuing from the twig, most of them being covered with a whitish efflorescence.

The gall, structurally, is similar to that produced by A. conifera, Ashmead, and the part embedded in the twig is triangularly shaved off to a sharp edge. The fly escapes from its larval cell through a hole perforated in the side.

Four female specimens received through Mr. F.B. Hough, reared October 10, 1884.

- William Ashmead: (1896) Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294918


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