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?)
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Osten Sacken, 1865: 352
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:
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFF54FD58052E25B8" bold="true" box="[151,350,642,669]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Types examined.</emphasis>
Walsh types are supposed to be deposited in the Entomology Type Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. However, neither type specimens nor non-type specimens were found in the collection. We presume that these specimens are lost.
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFF04FD350647242C" bold="true" box="[199,567,750,776]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
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flocci; Collection C.V.I. Riley” from general collection in
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,
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFA81FCEC01E52475" box="[1346,1429,823,849]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Q. alba</emphasis>
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, leg.
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,
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.
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<subSubSection id="1FD36567A340101DFF04FCA50050236A" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="577636ECA340101DFF04FCA50050236A" blockId="49.[151,1437,642,2037]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFF04FCA5053224BC" bold="true" box="[199,322,894,920]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species belongs to the
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFDB4FCA406B024BC" box="[631,704,895,920]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Druon</emphasis>
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group with the head rusty brown frontally, mesosoma light brown and metasoma smooth or with indistinct sparse micropunctures, as also occurs in
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFBF5FC7804B924C4" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA340101DFBF5FC7801582499" authorityName="Cuesta-Porta &amp; Melika &amp; Nicholls &amp; Stone &amp; Pujade-Villar" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Ashmead" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[1078,1320,931,957]" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercuslanigerum">D. quercuslanigerum</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA340101DFAF7FC7804B924C4" authorityName="Kinsey" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="protagion">D. protagion</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFF14FC1C05AC24C4" box="[215,476,967,992]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA340101DFF14FC1C053C24C4" authorityName="Cuesta-Porta &amp; Melika &amp; Nicholls &amp; Stone &amp; Pujade-Villar" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Bassett" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[215,332,967,992]" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pattoni">D. pattoni</taxonomicName>
,
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFDD7FC1C06ED24C4" box="[532,669,967,992]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">D. receptum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFD6FFC1C07E224C5" box="[684,914,967,993]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Druon quercusflocci</emphasis>
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differs from all these species in the transverse shape of its head in frontal view, gena distinctly broadened behind eye in frontal view (
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), and long mesoscutellum (
<figureCitation id="CFF22A69A340101DFECAFBD40518230D" box="[265,360,1039,1065]" captionStart="FIGURES 145148" captionStartId="51.[151,264,1468,1492]" captionTargetBox="[175,1423,188,1441]" captionTargetId="figure-21@51.[156,1432,181,1444]" captionTargetPageId="51" captionText="FIGURES 145148. Druon quercusflocci, comb. nov., asexual female. 145, mesosoma, lateral view. 146, mesoscutum, dorsal view. 147, mesoscutellum, dorsal view, 148, metascutellum and propodeum, posterodorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520572" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6520572/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Fig. 147</figureCitation>
) (in the other species the head is rounded or trapezoid, gena only slightly broadened behind eye (
<figureCitation id="CFF22A69A340101DFF5CFBE8057A2369" box="[159,266,1075,1101]" captionStart="FIGURES 113118" captionStartId="42.[151,264,1967,1991]" captionTargetBox="[245,1341,641,1935]" captionTargetId="figure-206@42.[233,1354,633,1944]" captionTargetPageId="42" captionText="FIGURES 113118. Druon pattoni, comb. nov., asexual female. 113116, head: 113, frontal view, 114, dorsal view, 115, lateral view, 116, posterior view. 117, antenna. 118, mesosoma and propleura, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6520549/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Figs. 113</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="CFF22A69A340101DFED5FBE905322369" box="[278,322,1074,1101]" captionStart="FIGURES 125130" captionStartId="45.[151,264,1659,1683]" captionTargetBox="[172,1428,356,1619]" captionTargetId="figure-87@45.[157,1431,345,1636]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 125130. Druon protagion, comb. rev., asexual female. 125128, head: 125, frontal view, 126, dorsal view, 127, lateral view, 128, posterior view. 129, antenna. 130, mesosoma and propleura, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6520557/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">125</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="CFF22A69A340101DFE8DFBE9050A2369" box="[334,378,1074,1101]" captionStart="FIGURES 151156" captionStartId="53.[151,264,1816,1840]" captionTargetBox="[164,1433,401,1778]" captionTargetId="figure-58@53.[155,1433,396,1792]" captionTargetPageId="53" captionText="FIGURES 151156. Druon quercuslanigerum var. quercuslanigerum, comb. nov., asexual female (Florida). 151154, head: 151, frontal view, 152, dorsal view, 153, lateral view, 154, posterior view. 155, antenna. 156, mesosoma and propleura, frontal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520576" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6520576/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">151</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="CFF22A69A340101DFE45FBE805C32369" box="[390,435,1075,1101]" captionStart="FIGURES 190193" captionStartId="63.[151,264,1167,1191]" captionTargetBox="[159,1428,196,1133]" captionTargetId="figure-21@63.[154,1434,181,1143]" captionTargetPageId="63" captionText="FIGURES 190193. Druon receptum, comb. rev., asexual female (lighter colour). 190192, head: 190, frontal view, 191, dorsal view, 192, posterior view. 193, antenna." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520604" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6520604/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">190</figureCitation>
), mesoscutellum as long as wide or slightly elongated).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1FD36567A340101FFF04FB8D01ED208C" lastPageId="51" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="description">
<paragraph id="577636ECA340101DFF04FB8D01ED2355" blockId="49.[151,1437,642,2037]" box="[199,1437,1110,1137]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA340101DFF04FB8D05052354" bold="true" box="[199,373,1110,1136]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Redescription.</emphasis>
Asexual female(
<figureCitation id="CFF22A69A340101DFDE9FB8C06BB2355" box="[554,715,1111,1137]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 139144" captionStart-1="FIGURES 145148" captionStart-2="FIGURES 149150" captionStartId-0="50.[151,264,1967,1991]" captionStartId-1="51.[151,264,1468,1492]" captionStartId-2="52.[151,264,759,783]" captionTargetBox-0="[195,1393,823,1934]" captionTargetBox-1="[175,1423,188,1441]" captionTargetBox-2="[162,1436,181,735]" captionTargetId-0="figure-299@50.[182,1404,813,1943]" captionTargetId-1="figure-21@51.[156,1432,181,1444]" captionTargetId-2="figure-25@52.[152,1436,181,735]" captionTargetPageId-0="50" captionTargetPageId-1="51" captionTargetPageId-2="52" captionText-0="FIGURES 139144. Druon quercusflocci, comb. nov., asexual female. 139142, head: 139, frontal view, 140, dorsal view, 141, lateral view, 142, posterior view. 143, antenna. 144, mesosoma and propleura, frontal view." captionText-1="FIGURES 145148. Druon quercusflocci, comb. nov., asexual female. 145, mesosoma, lateral view. 146, mesoscutum, dorsal view. 147, mesoscutellum, dorsal view, 148, metascutellum and propodeum, posterodorsal view." captionText-2="FIGURES 149150. 149, Druon quercusflocci, comb. nov., asexual generation, metasoma, lateral view. 150, galls: D. quercusflocci (left), D. quercusflocci-like, Mexico (right)." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520570" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520572" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520574" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/6520570/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/6520572/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/6520574/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Figs.139149</figureCitation>
).Body uniformly dark brown;antenna,mandibles,palpi,legs paler.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="577636ECA340101DFF04FBA006D32041" blockId="49.[151,1437,642,2037]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Head alutaceous, with uniform sparse setae; transverse, 1.3× as broad as high and slightly broader than mesosoma in frontal view; 2.0× as broad as long in dorsal view. Gena alutaceous, broadened behind eye in frontal view, slightly narrower than transverse diameter of eye in lateral view. Malar space alutaceous, with numerous striae radiating from clypeus and not reaching eye, malar sulcus absent. Eye 2.8× as high as length of malar space. Inner margins of eyes parallel. POL 1.8× as long as OOL, OOL 1.4× as long as diameter of lateral ocellus and 1.4x as long as LOL, all ocelli slightly ovate, of same size. Transfacial distance 1.2× as long as height of eye; toruli located slightly above mid height of eyes and frons shorter than height of lower face, diameter of antennal torulus 1.35× as long as distance between them, distance between torulus and eye slightly longer than diameter of torulus; lower face alutaceous, with a few white setae, with short delicate striae above malar space; slightly elevated median area delicately coriaceous, with few setae. Clypeus rectangular, broader than high, smooth, glabrous, impressed, without setae; ventrally rounded, not emarginate and without median incision; anterior tentorial pit large, elongated, distinct, epistomal sulcus distinct, clypeo-pleurostomal line well impressed. Frons uniformly alutaceous, without striae or setae, impressed area below central ocellus smooth, glabrous; interocellar area alutaceous. Vertex, occiput alutaceous, with long dense setae; postocciput with transversely orientated surface elements; postgena smooth, glabrous; posterior tentorial pit large, elongated, area below impressed; occipital foramen slightly higher than height of postgenal bridge; hypostomal carina emarginate, continuing into postgenal sulci which diverge distinctly towards occipital foramen, postgenal bridge anteriorly slightly broader than occipital foramen. Antenna longer than head+mesosoma, with 11 flagellomeres, pedicel slightly longer than broad; flagellomeres sequentially broadening towards apical end of antenna; scape+pedicel slightly longer than F1, F1 2.2× as long as pedicel and slightly longer than F2; F2 slightly longer than F3; F3 slightly longer than F4, F5=F6 and shorter than F4, F7F11 nearly equal in length and shorter than F5; placodeal sensilla distinct on F4F12.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="577636ECA340101EFF04F8B407872431" blockId="49.[151,1437,642,2037]" lastBlockId="50.[151,1437,151,789]" lastPageId="50" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Mesosoma 1.2× as long as high, with very few white setae. Pronotum smooth, glabrous dorsally, with numerous delicate parallel striae extending onto entire pronotum laterally (ventrolateral rugae stronger), with piliferous points around setae; anterior rim of pronotum impressed, foveolate; propleuron smooth, glabrous, with few setae. Mesoscutum uniformly and entirely weak reticulate, without setae, slightly longer than broad (greatest width measured across mesoscutum level with base of tegulae). Notauli complete, strongly converging posteriorly, gradually broadening towards posterior end; at posterior end the distance between notauli less than distance between notaulus and side of mesoscutum, notaulus furrow smooth, glabrous; anterior parallel line in the form of an impressed stripe with more delicate sculpture than rest of mesoscutum, extending to half of mesoscutum length; parapsidal line marked with broad smooth, glabrous area; median mesoscutal line absent; parascutal carina broad, smooth, reaching notaulus. Mesoscutellum distinctly elongated, longer than broad; disk of mesoscutellum uniformly dull rugose, with stronger rugae laterally and posteriorly, overhanging metanotum, with white setae posteriorly; circumscutellar carina present. Mesoscutellar foveae transverse, 2.0× as broad as high, smooth, glabrous, divided by a narrow, triangular, rugose elevated median carina. Mesopleuron entirely covered with delicate interrupted parallel striae, extending across mesopleuron, with long white setae posteroventrally; mesopleural triangle coriaceous, glabrous; dorsal and lateral axillar areas smooth, glabrous, with setae; axillula with delicate parallel longitudinal striae; subaxillular bar smooth, glabrous, triangular, posteriorly as high as height of metanotal trough; metapleural sulcus reaching mesopleuron at half of its height, upper part of sulcus indistinct, sulcus in lower part separating smooth, glabrous area, with some setae. Metascutellum smooth, glabrous, with some parallel longitudinal delicate carinae, as high as height of smooth, shining ventral impressed area; metanotal trough smooth, glabrous; central propodeal area smooth, glabrous, without rugae; lateral propodeal carinae strong, bent outwards in posterior 1/3 of propodeum height; lateral propodeal area smooth, glabrous, with few white setae and piliferous points. Nucha with few strong longitudinal parallel sulci dorsally and laterally. Tarsal claws with basal lobe.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA343101EFF54F874051C20E3" bold="true" box="[151,364,1967,1991]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">FIGURES 139144.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA343101EFEB2F86B063020E3" box="[369,576,1967,1991]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Druon quercusflocci</emphasis>
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,
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA343101EFD88F87406CE20E3" bold="true" box="[587,702,1967,1991]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
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, asexual female. 139142, head: 139, frontal view, 140, dorsal view, 141, lateral view, 142, posterior view. 143, antenna. 144, mesosoma and propleura, frontal view.
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA342101FFF54FA67051D22F0" bold="true" box="[151,365,1468,1492]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">FIGURES 145148.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA342101FFEB0FA66063422F0" box="[371,580,1468,1492]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Druon quercusflocci</emphasis>
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,
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, asexual female. 145, mesosoma, lateral view. 146, mesoscutum, dorsal view. 147, mesoscutellum, dorsal view, 148, metascutellum and propodeum, posterodorsal view.
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<paragraph id="577636ECA342101FFF04F9FC078421AC" blockId="51.[151,1437,1574,2033]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Fore wing longer than body, hyaline, with short dense cilia on margin, veins brown, radial cell open, 4.2× as long as broad; Rs and R1 nearly reaching wing margin; areolet small, triangular, closed, indistinct. Rs+M distinct on 3/4 of its length, its projection reaching basalis slightly below mid height.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="577636ECA342101FFF04F9480773203D" blockId="51.[151,1437,1574,2033]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
Metasoma slightly longer than head+mesosoma, higher than long in lateral view; second metasomal tergum with sparse setae anterolaterally, smooth, without micropunctures; all subsequent terga, including hypopygium, with delicate dense micropunctures (not reticulate). Prominent part of ventral spine of hypopygium 2.3× as long as broad in ventral view. Body length
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(n = 5).
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA342101FFF04F8F905712018" bold="true" box="[199,257,1826,1852]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Gall.</emphasis>
(
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). Woolly, dirty white to pinkish pubescent galls,
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long, 8.0
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broad and
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high, containing 210 seed-like larval chambers attached at one end to the midrib on the upper or lower side of the leaf; the cluster of galls is usually elongated along the direction of the leaf midrib. The larval cells are distinct individually, rather than fused into a single mass, 0.21.0 mm in diameter, and covered with short crystalline hairs.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1FD36567A342101FFF04F86905DD20D5" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="577636ECA342101FFF04F86905DD20D5" blockId="51.[151,1437,1574,2033]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA342101FFF04F869055720E8" bold="true" box="[199,295,1970,1996]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Biology.</emphasis>
Only an asexual generation is only known, which induces leaf galls on
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA342101FFBB3F86800B720E8" box="[1136,1223,1970,1997]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Q. alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Section
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA342101FFAF4F86801E520E9" box="[1335,1429,1971,1997]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Quercus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Series
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA342101FFF20F80D055420D4" box="[227,292,2006,2032]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Albae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA342101FFF20F80D055420D4" box="[227,292,2006,2032]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Albae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in autumn.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="577636ECA3451018FF54FD2C06E22417" blockId="52.[151,1437,759,819]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FF54FD2C051D242B" bold="true" box="[151,365,759,783]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">FIGURES 149150.</emphasis>
149,
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FE67FD230603242B" authorityName="Cuesta-Porta &amp; Melika &amp; Nicholls &amp; Stone &amp; Pujade-Villar" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Walsh" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[420,627,759,783]" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercusflocci" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FE67FD230603242B" box="[420,627,759,783]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Druon quercusflocci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FDBDFD2C0681242B" bold="true" box="[638,753,759,783]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7E8E5785A3451018FDBDFD2C0681242B" box="[638,753,759,783]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, asexual generation, metasoma, lateral view. 150, galls:
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FAE5FD2304BF2417" authorityName="Cuesta-Porta &amp; Melika &amp; Nicholls &amp; Stone &amp; Pujade-Villar" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Walsh" baseAuthorityYear="1864" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercusflocci">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FAE5FD2304BF2417" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">D. quercusflocci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(left),
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FED6FCC705CC2417" authorityName="Cuesta-Porta &amp; Melika &amp; Nicholls &amp; Stone &amp; Pujade-Villar" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Walsh" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[277,444,795,819]" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercusflocci">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FED6FCC705CC2417" box="[277,444,795,819]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">D. quercusflocci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-like, Mexico (right).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="1FD36567A3451018FF04FCBA010C245F" box="[199,1404,865,892]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="577636ECA3451018FF04FCBA010C245F" blockId="52.[151,1437,865,1756]" box="[199,1404,865,892]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FF04FCBA0511245F" bold="true" box="[199,353,865,891]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="2FDE767CA3451018FEA4FCBA05D3245F" box="[359,419,865,891]" name="United States of America" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">USA</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion id="950DF80EA3451018FE6DFCBA0620245F" box="[430,592,865,891]" country="United States of America" name="Massachusetts" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Massachusetts</collectingRegion>
to
<collectingRegion id="950DF80EA3451018FDB7FCBA076F245F" box="[628,799,865,891]" country="United States of America" name="North Carolina" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="950DF80EA3451018FCE8FCBA07E9245F" box="[811,921,865,891]" country="United States of America" name="Michigan" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Michigan</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="950DF80EA3451018FC67FCBA0786245F" box="[932,1014,865,891]" country="United States of America" name="Illinois" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Illinois</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="950DF80EA3451018FBC2FCBA0017245F" box="[1025,1127,865,891]" country="United States of America" name="Missouri" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Missouri</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="950DF80EA3451018FBB2FCBA00A9245F" box="[1137,1241,865,891]" country="United States of America" name="Arkansas" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Arkansas</collectingRegion>
(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1FD36567A3451018FF04FC5E003421FF" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="577636ECA3451018FF04FC5E074523B8" blockId="52.[151,1437,865,1756]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FF04FC5E053F24BB" bold="true" box="[199,335,901,927]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Comments.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="33584B1DA3451018FE99FC5E05982484" author="Fitch, A." box="[346,488,901,928]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" pagination="781 - 854" refId="ref47202" refString="Fitch, A. (1859) Fifth report on the noxious and other insects of the state of New York. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, 18 (1858), 781 - 854." type="journal article" year="1859">Fitch (1859)</bibRefCitation>
described a similar gall named
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FCA2FC5D002224BB" box="[865,1106,901,928]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FCA2FC5D07DF2484" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[865,943,902,928]" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Cynips" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cynips</taxonomicName>
Quercus-lana
</emphasis>
but the adults he reared are cynipid inquilines belonging to
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FDC4FC71061D24E0" box="[519,621,938,964]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Synergus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FDC4FC71061D24E0" box="[519,621,938,964]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Synergus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
according to keys in
<bibRefCitation id="33584B1DA3451018FCA8FC72006A24E7" author="Cresson, E. T." box="[875,1050,937,963]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" pagination="1 - 350" refId="ref46645" refString="Cresson, E. T. (1887) Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Supplement, 1 - 350. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5531" type="book chapter" year="1887">Cresson (1887)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="33584B1DA3451018FB95FC72049524C3" author="Lobato-Vila, I. &amp; Pujade-Villar, J." pageId="52" pageNumber="53" pagination="1" refId="ref48045" refString="Lobato-Vila, I. &amp; Pujade-Villar, J. (2021) The genus Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) in the New World: a complete taxonomic revision with a key to species. Zootaxa, 4906 (1), 001 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4906.1.1" type="journal article" year="2021">Lobato-Vila &amp; Pujade-Villar (2021)</bibRefCitation>
.
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deposited in USNM: http://n
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.net/ark:/65665/35b33f67b-b93b-449b-bca7-12c897d8ef5b, examined by GM and confirmed as belonging to the genus
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FD39FC2907102328" box="[762,864,1010,1036]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Synergus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The galls are indistinguishable from other similar galls, and we cannot determine whether this gall corresponds to
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FCACFBCE07A4230B" box="[879,980,1045,1071]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Andricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(now
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FBDEFBCD0016230B" authorityName="Kinsey" authorityYear="1937" box="[1053,1126,1046,1071]" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FBDEFBCD0016230B" box="[1053,1126,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Druon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FBB4FBCE017D230B" authorityName="Cuesta-Porta &amp; Melika &amp; Nicholls &amp; Stone &amp; Pujade-Villar" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Walsh" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[1143,1293,1045,1071]" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Druon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercusflocci">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FBB4FBCE017D230B" box="[1143,1293,1045,1071]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">quercusflocci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="33584B1DA3451018FADFFBCE05FE2370" author="Dalla Torre, K. W. &amp; Kieffer, J. J." pageId="52" pageNumber="53" refId="ref46898" refString="Dalla Torre, K. W. &amp; Kieffer, J. J. (1910) Cynipidae. Das Tierreich. Vol. 24. Friedlander &amp; Sohn, Berlin, 35 + 891 pp." type="book" year="1910">Dalla Torre &amp; Kieffer (1910: 544)</bibRefCitation>
nevertheless considered
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FD65FBE207D82377" box="[678,936,1081,1107]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Andricus quercusflocci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be a possible junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FAF4FBE205502353" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Andricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercuslana">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FAF4FBE205502353" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Andricus quercuslana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The specific name
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FDC5FB8606FF2353" box="[518,655,1117,1143]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">quercuslana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
corresponds to a
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FC94FB8500672353" box="[855,1047,1117,1144]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FC94FB8507CD235C" box="[855,957,1118,1144]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Synergus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
, leaving the gall described by
<bibRefCitation id="33584B1DA3451018FAA0FB86049223B8" author="Fitch, A." pageId="52" pageNumber="53" pagination="781 - 854" refId="ref47202" refString="Fitch, A. (1859) Fifth report on the noxious and other insects of the state of New York. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, 18 (1858), 781 - 854." type="journal article" year="1859">Fitch (1859)</bibRefCitation>
as unidentifiable (?
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FE7CFB5906ED23BF" box="[447,669,1153,1180]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Cynips quercuslana</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="33584B1DA3451018FD66FB5A075823B8" author="Fitch, A." box="[677,808,1153,1180]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" pagination="781 - 854" refId="ref47202" refString="Fitch, A. (1859) Fifth report on the noxious and other insects of the state of New York. Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, 18 (1858), 781 - 854." type="journal article" year="1859">Fitch, 1859</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="577636ECA3451018FF04FB7E003421FF" blockId="52.[151,1437,865,1756]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
A sample of galls on leaves collected from
<collectingRegion id="950DF80EA3451018FD73FB7E07E9239B" box="[688,921,1189,1215]" country="Mexico" name="Aguascalientes" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Aguascalientes State</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingCountry id="2FDE767CA3451018FC6BFB7E007123E4" box="[936,1025,1189,1216]" name="Mexico" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Mexico</collectingCountry>
) on
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FBF7FB7D008A239B" box="[1076,1274,1190,1216]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="potosina">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FBF7FB7D008A239B" box="[1076,1274,1190,1216]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Quercus potosina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
produced
<specimenCount id="41CFFD65A3451018FAB1FB7D04AA23C7" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" type="adult">two adults</specimenCount>
morphologically resembling
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FDEDFB11069923C7" box="[558,745,1225,1251]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">D. quercusflocci</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The galls have a completely whitish woolly covering over clusters of 26 seed-like distinct larval chambers attached to the midrib of leaves (
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, right). The galls of
<taxonomicName id="90C94D6FA3451018FA42FB35055D220F" baseAuthorityName="Walsh" baseAuthorityYear="1864" class="Insecta" family="Cynipidae" genus="Andricus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercusflocci">
<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FA42FB35055D220F" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">D. quercusflocci</emphasis>
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from
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are densely pubescent, mainly orange-brown with some scattered white wool (
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, left). The internal structure of distinctly separated larval chambers is shared by both of these gall morphologies. The adults from
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differ slightly from typical
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FD7BFA8107022257" box="[696,882,1369,1395]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">D. quercusflocci</emphasis>
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by the following mesopleural and mesoscutellar characters. In the Mexican specimens, the oblique carinae of the mesopleuron are less impressed, the mesopleural triangle is inconspicuously pubescent with thin transparent scattered setae, and the mesoscutellum is round, while in
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FF77FA1D051D22FB" box="[180,365,1477,1503]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">D. quercusflocci</emphasis>
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the oblique mesopleural carinae are more impressed, the mesopleural triangle is clearly pubescent, and the mesoscutellum has parallel sides. We consider these differences insufficient to define two separate species, but the phenotypic differences in gall traits may indicate that the Mexican specimens belong to a different species. Alternatively, the differences may result from host plant effects on gall structure, as seen in some other oak cynipid galls with a wide host range (e.g. asexual generation leaf galls of
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FC29F98D00B6214B" box="[1002,1222,1621,1648]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Cynips quercusfolii</emphasis>
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Linnaeus,
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in the Western Palaearctic, which are smooth when developing on
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FCA2F9A1007521B7" box="[865,1029,1657,1684]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Quercus robur</emphasis>
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L. but covered with raised tubercles when developing on
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FE42F94505892193" box="[385,505,1694,1720]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Q. petraea</emphasis>
(Matt.) Liebl.
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). Thus, we have not officially assigned the Mexican specimens to
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<emphasis id="65BDEAFEA3451018FA42F945055D21FF" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">D. quercusflocci</emphasis>
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and await more material and further evidence, such as molecular data.
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