Sphaeroteras melleum (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Sphaeroteras
Hosts: Quercus chapmanii / Quercus stellata
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, pink, yellow
Texture: pubescent, hairy, mealy
Abundance:
Shape: globular, sphere, cluster
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect, leaning
Walls: thick
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Biorhiza mellea
Image by Alfred Charles Kinsey © Public Domain / CC0
Image by Alfred Charles Kinsey © 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.
On The Cynipidous Galls of Florida
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Biorhiza mellea n. sp.
Quercus obtusiloba [stellata]
Galls — Small, brownish yellow, globular galls, occurring separately or in clusters of three or more together, on the upper surface of the leaf, attached by a slender point and easily detached. Externally they are covered with minute warty, pubescent dots; internally they are fleshy, but when fully matured are of a more or less cellular consistency and shrivel in drying. Diameter .10 to .15 inch. They fall to the ground and mature in the sand and fallen debris.
Described from eight specimens reared in February. Occurs on Q. parvifolia [chapmanii?]
”- William Ashmead: (1887) On The Cynipidous Galls of Florida©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32293#page/148/mode/1up
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