Callirhytis oblata, new species

Hosts. — Quercus coccinea and Quercus falcata., Spanish oak.

Gall (pi. 16, fig. 7) . — A green, smooth, bare bud gall at apex of new growth in May, dropping to ground when mature. An oblate sphaeroid, 4-5 mm. in diameter by 2.5 mm. high, red in center above but without a nipple, not at all hidden by bud scales; when detached without a girdle of hairs at base.

Habitat. — The type is selected from a series that emerged March 21, 1946, from galls collected on Spanish oak at Dyke, 3 miles south of Alexandria, Va., on April 19, 1945. Paratypes are from galls on scarlet oak collected near Vienna, Va., and at East Falls Church, Va.

- LH Weld: (1952) New American Cynipid Wasps From Galls^©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15672479#page/384/mode/1up