Feron kingi

Feron kingi
The galls formed by Feron kingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Feron
Species:
F. kingi
Binomial name
Feron kingi
Bassett, 1900
Synonyms

Andricus kingi

Feron kingi, the red cone gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae.

This species induces galls on various white oak species, such as the valley oak Quercus lobata. The galls housing the parthenogenetic females are detachable red cones measuring about 5 mm tall. These form on either side of the leaves, often with many forming per leaf. Adults emerge in winter from the tip of the cone.

References

  1. ↑ "Andricus kingi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Andricus kingi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ 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. hdl:20.500.11820/8d7cf66b-8011-4572-b520-b8f5d78deae2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 38220731. S2CID 265191343.
  4. ↑ "Red Cone Gall Wasp (Andricus kingi)".
  5. ↑ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant galls of the Western United States. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577.