Amphibolips quercusostensackenii

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Amphibolips quercusostensackenii
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Adult Amphibolips quercusostensackenii
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Gall induced by Amphibolips quercusostensackenii on Quercus rubra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Amphibolips
Species:
A. quercusostensackenii
Binomial name
Amphibolips quercusostensackenii
Bassett, 1863

Amphibolips quercusostensackenii is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1] It is found throughout eastern North America.

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Description

This species induces globular galls on the leaves of members of the red oak group (Quercus sect. Lobatae). These galls are roughly 7 to 9 mm in diameter, [2] and contain a central filament-supported cell [3] where pupation occurs.

Life History

These galls develop in the spring. Adults are described to have emerged from the galls between 8 and 15 July in the Chicago area. [4]

Taxonomy

This species was originally placed in the genus Andricus . However, a 2002 review reclassified it to the closely related genus Amphibolips based on the morphology of the adult wasp. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Amphibolips quercusostensackenii". iNaturalist.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. ↑ Weld, Lewis Hart (1959). Cynipid galls of the Eastern United States. Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University. Ann Arbor, Mich.
  3. ↑ Felt, Ephraim Porter (1940). Plant galls and gall makers. Ithaca, N. Y. hdl:2027/wu.89041294323.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ Illinois State Academy of Science.; Science, Illinois State Academy of; Science, Illinois State Academy of (1927). Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science. Vol. 20. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Academy of Science [etc.]
  5. ↑ Melika, George; Abrahamson, Warren (January 2002). "Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control.
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