Amphibolips michoacaensis (sexgen)

Amphibolips michoacaensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado

viable collections: April-May

Host: Quercus castanea

Amphibolips michoacaensis induced galls in the buds of Quercus castanea. The spherical galls measured up to 60 mm of diameter; they are soft to human feel and spongy and green during early stages and turns brown on maturation (Figure 1A, B). The gall induced by A. michoacaensis includes a centrally located single larval chamber occupied by one larva (Figure 1C). Three layers of tissue occur in the galls induced by A. michoacaensis: the nutritive, the spongy and the epidermal cells

Developmental morphology of bud galls induced on the vegetative meristems of Quercus castanea by Amphibolips michoacaensis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)