''Callirhytis quercussuttoni'', the gouty stem gall wasp, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
gall wasp
Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this generall ...
.
Its galls appear on oaks in the
red oak
The genus Oak, ''Quercus'' contains about 500 species, some of which are listed here. The genus, as is the case with many List of the largest genera of flowering plants, large genera, is Taxonomic rank#Ranks in botany, divided into subgenus, subgen ...
group (section ''Lobatae'') (including ''
Quercus agrifolia
''Quercus agrifolia'', the California live oak, or coast live oak, is a highly variable, often evergreen oak tree, a type of live oak, native to the California Floristic Province. It may be shrubby, depending on age and growing location, but is g ...
'' and ''
Q. wisizleni'') on the west coast of North America.
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References
Cynipidae
Hymenoptera of North America
Western North American coastal fauna
Insects described in 1881
Taxa named by Homer Franklin Bassett
Gall-inducing insects
Oak galls
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