Feron kingi, the red cone gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae.[1][2][3][4]
| Feron kingi | |
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| The galls formed by Feron kingi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Feron |
| Species: | F. kingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Feron kingi Bassett, 1900
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| Synonyms | |
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Andricus kingi | |
This species induces galls on various white oak species,[5] such as the valley oak Quercus lobata.[3] 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.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Andricus kingi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Andricus kingi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ a b "Andricus kingi species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Red Cone Gall Wasp (Andricus kingi)".
- ^ 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.
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