Feron kingi
The galls formed by Feron kingi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.[1][2][3][4]

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

  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. ISSN 1175-5334.
  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.


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