The oak gall wasps of Israel (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) - diversity, distribution and life history Author Shachar, Einat Author Melika, George Author Inbar, Moshe Author Dorchin, Netta text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-16 4521 4 451 498 journal article 27950 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.1 832ac35c-8871-4041-9321-ea7f2ae5eb41 1175-5326 2610021 A4FD6137-25B0-43D5-845B-B4FDF4E9F5D7 Andricus tomentosus ( Trotter, 1901 ) Host plants. Israel : Q. boissieri . Elsewhere: several oak species from section Quercus . Life history. Known only from the bud galls of the asexual generation, which develop on lateral or terminal buds. They are conical, 14–18 mm long, brown with a velvety cover and single-chambered, widest at base, thinner at mid-part, and widen again apically ( Fig. 25 ). Phenology. In Israel , young galls were found in November but no adults were reared. In Europe the larvae overwinter for 1–2 years inside the galls and adults emerge in March-April. Distribution. Israel : Rare on Mt. Hermon at 1780 m .a.s.l., Allone HaBashan, Tel Hazeqa (only on one tree but in large numbers), Mt. Meron, Pa’ar cave. Elsewhere: Locally common in Southern and Eastern Europe, Turkey and Iran .