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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.1
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Andricus
sp. 2
Host plant in
Israel
.
Q. boissieri
.
Life history.
Known only from the catkin galls of the sexual generation. These are small, spherical galls,
2 mm
in diameter, light brown to yellow, densely covered by short whitish hairs, single-chambered, and are found in clusters (
Fig. 28
).
Phenology.
Galls were found in May but no adults were reared from them.
Distribution.
Israel
: Observed only once on a single tree in Mt. Kahal.