Asexual
generation, female: 14, head: 1, frontal view, 2, posterior view, 3,
dorsal view, 4, lateral view. 5, antenna. 6, forewing, part.
Asexual
generation, female: 7, mesosoma, lateral view, 89, mesosoma, dorsal
view, 10, metascutellum and propodeum, posterodorsal view, 11, metasoma,
lateral view.
Asexual
generation, galls.
Photographs © James A. Nicholls (Australian National Insect Collection,
CSIRO)
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Distribution |
USA. |
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Biology |
Gall inducer on species of Quercus:
Q. vacciniifolia and Q. chrysolepis within Quercus
section Protobalanus the golden cup or intermediate oaks. |
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References |
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Mayr, G. 1881. Die genera der gallenbewohnenden Cynipiden. Jahresberichte
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Melika, G. &
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Ronquist, F.
1999.
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Ronquist, F. & Liljeblad, J. 2001. Evolution of the gall wasphost
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Ronquist, F., Nieves-Aldrey, J.-L.,
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Credits
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Photographs © James A. Nicholls (Australian National Insect Collection,
CSIRO)
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