Amphibolips globulus (agamic)

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Family: Cynipidae | Subfamily: Cynipinae | Tribe: Cynipini | Genus: Amphibolips

Hosts: Quercus falcata / Quercus incana / Quercus marilandica / Quercus phellos

Detachable: Detachable

Color: brown, green

Texture: hairless, spotted

Abundance:

Shape: globular

Season: Fall

Alignment:

Walls: thick, radiating-fibers

Location: bud

Form: oak apple

Cells: monothalamous

Possible Range:

Not an occurrence map: this shows where this gall's hosts grow. In most cases the gall has not been documented throughout this area.

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Cynipid galls of the eastern United States - LH Weld (1959)

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Key to American Insect Galls - EP Felt (1917)

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The species of Amphibolips and their galls - William Beutenmuller (1909)

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Amphibolips globulus (agamic) agamic: The agamic (AKA unisexual) generation of an oak gall wasp (cynipini) species consists of only female wasps, which do not mate before laying the eggs which become the male and females of the sexual generation (sexgen). View in glossary →