Biology:Burnettweldia washingtonensis

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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp

Burnettweldia washingtonensis
Burnettweldia washingtonensis imported from iNaturalist photo 319005452 on 30 October 2023.jpg
Sonoma County, California, 2023
Scientific classification edit
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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Russo, Ron (2006) (in en-us). 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. OCLC 65207054. 
  2. "Burnettweldia washingtonensis" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1260101-Burnettweldia-washingtonensis. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 105. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q123255860 entry