Amphibolips quercusrugosa (sexgen)

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Amphibolips quercusrugosa (sexgen)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Amphibolips

Hosts: Quercus coccinea / Quercus imbricaria / Quercus laurifolia / Quercus marilandica / Quercus phellos / Quercus rubra

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

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On Quercus laurifolia

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On Quercus laurifolia

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On Quercus laurifolia

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On Quercus laurifolia

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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.

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.

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Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32798#page/312/mode/1up

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