Amphibolips quercusrugosa (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Amphibolips
Detachable: integral
Color: yellow, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: hemispherical
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: Pending...
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.
On the CYNIPIDOUS GALLS of Florida (1881)
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Cynips quercus rugosa n. sp.
Quercus laurifolia
Another gall found on the under surface of the leaves
Galls.--Semispherical, greenish yellow, smooth, hard galls, attached to the under surface of the leaf, slightly contracting the leaf on the upper surface, but not projecting, either flat or slightly concave; internally consisting of a hard fibrous substance in the centre of which the larva is transversely placed; fly escaping by perforating a hole through the upper surface of the leaf. Diameter transversely .2 inch; through or vertically .08 to .10.
”- William Ashmead: (1881) On the CYNIPIDOUS GALLS of Florida (1881)©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32798#page/312/mode/1up
Further Information:
Pending...
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