Xanthoteras pungens (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Xanthoteras
Hosts: Quercus pungens
Detachable: detachable
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Season: Fall, Winter
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Alignment: erect
Walls: radiating-fibers
Location: upper leaf, leaf edge
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Cells: monothalamous
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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.
New cynipid wasps from the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
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Xanthoteras pungens, new species
Host: Quercus pungens
Gall: Monothalamous and dome shaped, projected 3-5 mm from upper leaf surface; larval cells basal, with radiating filaments to wall. Adults mature and emerge from late December to mid-January.
Range: TX (El Paso County)
”- RJ Lyon: (1996) New cynipid wasps from the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56138670#page/198/mode/1up
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