Belonocnema fossoria (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Belonocnema
Hosts: Quercus geminata / Quercus minima
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, red
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Shape: sphere
Season: Fall
Related: Belonocnema fossoria (sexgen)
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Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
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Belonocnema quercusvirens
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.
One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved: Belonocnema (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA
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Belonocnema fossoria, Weld 1921 Rev. Stat.
Belonocnema quercusvirens, Burks, 1979 [species inquirenda]
Host plant: Quercus geminata
Gall: Smooth, single-chambered pea galls (5.88–6.45mm in diameter) on the ventral side of leaves
Distribution: GA, FL
[See paper for photos of the galls]
”- Miles Zhang, Scott Egan, Amanda Driscoe, James Ott: (2021) One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved: Belonocnema (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA©
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