Neuroterus floricomus

Quercus arizonica, oblongifolia, toumeyi
Flower galls
Fig 8.

Neuroterus floricomus, new species

Host: Quercus reticulata Humb. & Bonpl. [rugosa]

Gall (pi. 1, fig. 5): On staminate flowers in late June. A densely woolly enlargement of the axis up to 25 mm. long by 10 mm. in diameter with only the anthers protruding. Habitat: The type material (Hopkins No. 15618 d ) was collected June 28, 1918, in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Ariz., and adults emerged up to July 9. Galls were seen in the Santa Catalina Moun- tains on Quercus oblongifolia Torr. and Q. arizonica Sarg., in the Huachuca Mountains on Q. reticulata, Q. oblongifolia, and Q. arizonica, in the Mule Mountains on Q. arizonica, and in the Chiricahua Mountains on Q. arizonica and Q. toumeyi Sarg.

Neuroterus floricomus
Woolly-flower-gall wasp

Hosts: Quercus arizonica, oblongifolia, toumeyi, rugosa