Amphibolips quercuscitriformis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Amphibolips
Detachable: detachable
Color: yellow
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular, spindle
Season: Spring
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Alignment:
Walls: thin, radiating-fibers
Location: bud
Form: oak apple
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Amphibolips citriformis
Cynips quercus citriformis
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.
On the CYNIPIDOUS GALLS of Florida (1881)
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Cynips quercus citriformis n. sp.
Host--Quercus phellos
The Lemon-like Gall of the Willow Oak
Galls.--Globular, smooth, shining yellowish galls, from seven-eighths to an inch in length, by three-eighths to half an inch in diameter, attenuated to a sharp point at tip and with a single kernel in the centre, held in place by a few thin, radiating, spiculate filaments.
Described from three bred specimens which issued from galls during the first week in May. No males.
”- William Ashmead: (1881) On the CYNIPIDOUS GALLS of Florida (1881)©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32798#page/322/mode/1up
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