Feron bakkeri, also known as the pinched leaf gall wasp, is a relatively uncommon species of gall-inducing hymenopteran.[1][2] They produce pink leaf galls on Oregon oaks and scrub oaks.[1] The distribution of this wasp is California and Oregon in North America.[1][2] It was previously placed in the genus Andricus.[3]
| Feron bakkeri | |
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| Gall induced by Feron bakkeri on Quercus berberidifolia leaf, San Diego County, 2021 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Feron |
| Species: | F. bakkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Feron bakkeri (Lyon, 1984)
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| Synonyms | |
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Andricus bakkeri | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 108. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
- ^ a b "Pinched Leaf Gall Wasp (Andricus bakkeri)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ 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.
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