Neuroterus q-vacciniifolia-abrupt-stem-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Detachable: integral
Color: gray
Texture: stiff
Abundance: rare
Shape:
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Neuroterus sp.
Abrupt-stem-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus vacciniifolia

The integral stem galls of this new species of wasp are polythalamous, abruptly swollen, and symmetrical, and have been found so far only on huckleberry oak.

Range: Siskiyou Mountains, CA

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


Further Information:
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