Amphibolips tarasco sp. nov.

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Gall (Figs 20C, 20D). A large, regularly spherical, oak apple gall. The surface of gall is smooth, green with darker green spots when fresh. Monothalamic. Grows on twigs of Quercus castanea.

Distribution. A. tarasco was found at 2000 m a.s.l. at Santa María, Michoacán state, Mexico.

Biology. Includes a sexual generation. The galls were collected in March, and the adults emerged shortly after the galls were collected.

Amphibolips tarasco

[Photos of this gall appear on page 44 of the pdf]

Gall (Figs 16H–I). A subglobose large bud gall, with maximum 40 mm in diameter, with thin, slightly lignified and resistant outer shell. Pale green with darker green spots when fresh and turning brown when dry. The gall is monolocular, with a spongy internal tissue, filling the entire gall. The larval cell is rounded.

Hosts. Quercus acutifolia, Q. castanea, Q. mexicana.

Biology. The sexual generation is only known. The galls were collected between March and June; adults emerged in the same months of collection.

Distribution. Mexico: Michoacán and Puebla States.