Burnettweldia washingtonensis

Burnettweldia washingtonensis
Sonoma County, California, 2023
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Burnettweldia
Species:
B. washingtonensis
Binomial name
Burnettweldia washingtonensis
(Gillette, 1894)
Synonyms

Disholcaspis washingtonensis

Burnettweldia washingtonensis, formerly Disholcaspis washingtonensis, the fuzzy gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces stem galls on white oaks on the Pacific coast of North America.[1][2] The detachable galls have a little stem or neck, are gray or beige and fuzzy, and measure about 8–10 mm in diameter.[1][3] The larval chamber is located at the center of the ball, the interior of which is otherwise chocolate brown.[1][3] Older galls may appear pitted.[3] The locally common galls induced by this wasp are sometimes mistaken for the galls induced by Besbicus conspicuus.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Russo, Ron (2006) [1979]. Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and other Western States. California Natural History Guide No. 91 (Rev. ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-520-24886-1. LCCN 2006009332. OCLC 65207054.
  2. ^ "Burnettweldia washingtonensis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. ^ a b c d Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 105. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.


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