Burnettweldia washingtonensis, formerly Disholcaspis washingtonensis, the fuzzy gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces stem galls on white oaks on the Pacific coast of North America.[1][2] The detachable galls have a little stem or neck, are gray or beige and fuzzy, and measure about 8–10 mm in diameter.[1][3] The larval chamber is located at the center of the ball, the interior of which is otherwise chocolate brown.[1][3] Older galls may appear pitted.[3] The locally common galls induced by this wasp are sometimes mistaken for the galls induced by Besbicus conspicuus.[3]
| Burnettweldia washingtonensis | |
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| Sonoma County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Burnettweldia |
| Species: | B. washingtonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Burnettweldia washingtonensis (Gillette, 1894)
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| Synonyms | |
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Disholcaspis washingtonensis | |
References edit
- ^ a b c Russo, Ron (2006) [1979]. Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and other Western States. California Natural History Guide No. 91 (Rev. ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-520-24886-1. LCCN 2006009332. OCLC 65207054.
- ^ "Burnettweldia washingtonensis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ a b c d Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 105. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
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