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 Synophrus olivieri Kieffer, 1898 Host plants. Israel : Q. ithaburensis . Elsewhere: Q. suber and Q. ithaburensis . Host gall-wasp: Unknown. Life history. Known only from the sexual generation, which develops in extremely hard, multi-chambered galls of irregular shape, up to 30 mm in diameter, of the same color of the branch ( Fig. 42 ; Sternlicht 1968b , Figs 10–11 ). Phenology. Galls develop in spring and adults emerge from them in March of the following year. Distribution. Israel : Mezar, Bet Keshet Forest, Hosha’aya, Alonim, Tiv’on, HaSharon Forest. Elsewhere: North Africa, Asia Minor .