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Callirhytis apicalis

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Callirhytis apicalis
Fort Ord Natural Reserve, September 2021
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Callirhytis
Species:
C. apicalis
Binomial name
Callirhytis apicalis
(Ashmead, 1896)

Callirhytis apicalis, formerly Andricus apicalis, the trunk gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on the trunks or roots of black oak group trees in California in North America.[1][2] Newly formed galls are red or yellow, turning brown as they age.[2] This wasp is most often associated with Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak).[2] This wasp is generally considered uncommon.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Callirhytis apicalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ a b c d Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 87. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
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