Biology:Feron gigas
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Short description: Species of wasp
| Feron gigas | |
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| Galls formed by F. gigas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Feron |
| Species: | F. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Feron gigas Kinsey, 1922
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| Synonyms | |
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Andricus gigas | |
Feron gigas, also known as the saucer gall wasp, is a species of gall-forming wasp in the genus Feron.[1][2] It induces galls on the leaves of scrub oaks, blue oaks, and Engelmann oaks. The galls produced by its all-female generation, which emerges in winter, are 3-4 mm wide, circular with raised edges. They are red, pink, brown, or purple. The larval chamber exists as a raised bump in the gall's center. The bisexual generation produces galls that are brown and cone-shaped.[3]
References
- ↑ "Species Andricus gigas - Saucer Gall Wasp". https://bugguide.net/node/view/130818.
- ↑ Cuesta-Porta, Victor; Melika, George; Nicholls, James A.; Stone, Graham N.; Pujade-Villar, Juli (2023-11-07). "Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including the description of six new species". Zootaxa 5366 (1): 1–174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5366.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5366.1.1.
- ↑ Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 284–286. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1239984577.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q55650939 entry
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