Melikaiella lupana (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Melikaiella
Hosts: Quercus emoryi / Quercus hypoleucoides
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, green
Texture:
Abundance: occasional
Shape:
Season: Fall, Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form: leaf curl, tapered swelling
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
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Synonymy: Name
▲Notes
Callirhytis lupana
Image by LH Weld © Public Domain / CC0
Image by LH Weld © Public Domain / CC0Our 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.
New American Cynipids from galls
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Callirhytis lupana, new species
Host.--Quercus emoryi
Gall (pl. 2, fig. 19). — A rather abrupt fusiform polythalamous enlargement on the underside of the midrib, stunting the development of the leaf. June.
Habitat. — The type material was collected on June 28, 1935, at Wolf Creek Camp, 10 miles from Prescott, Ariz., by Mrs. N. W. Capron. Adults were then emerging. She later sent empty galls from Cherry, Young, and Nogales, Ariz. A similar gall occurs on Q. hypoleuca at Patagonia, Ariz.
”- LH Weld: (1944) New American Cynipids from galls©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32802#page/35/mode/1up
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