Andricus, Hartig, 1840

Shachar, Einat, Melika, George, Inbar, Moshe & Dorchin, Netta, 2018, The oak gall wasps of Israel (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) - diversity, distribution and life history, Zootaxa 4521 (4), pp. 451-498 : 470

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.

Figures

FIGURES 23–28. Galls on Quercus boissieri. 23. Andricus foecundatrix, asexual generation, young galls; 24. Andricus foecundatrix, asexual generation, mature galls showing spherical inner chamber about to be ejected; 25. Andricus tomentosus asexual generation; 26. Andricus sp. 3, sexual generation; 27. Neuroterus quercsbaccarum, sexual generation (arrow); 28. Andricus sp. 2, sexual generation (arrows point to emergence holes).