Disholcaspis costaricensis Melika & Pujade-Villar, new species

Host: Quercus bumelioides

Gall (Fig. 14). Globular, monothalamic, with a more or less distinct nipple at the apex; hard, with a felt-like covering, growing in clusters of two to five galls. Green when young and growing, turning brown to dark brown when old. Diameter 8 to 12 mm. Internally with a compact, rather hard, corky texture and containing a free oval yellowish larval cell.

Etymology. The species is named after the country in which it was collected, Costa Rica.

Distribution. Currently known only from Costa Rica.

- Melika, G. ; Hanson, P. ; Pujade-Villar, J.: (2011) A new species of Disholcaspis Dalla Torre and Kieffer oak gallwasp from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini).^©