Atrusca brevipennata
Sandia Foothills Open Space, New Mexico, 2022
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Atrusca
Species:
A. brevipennata
Binomial name
Atrusca brevipennata
(Kinsey, 1920)
Synonyms

Andricus pellucidus

Atrusca brevipennata, formerly Andricus pellucidus, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a locally common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America.[1] The wasp oviposits on shrub live oak and Gambel oak leaves.[1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers.[1] This wasp is most commonly observed in the American Southwest, as far north as Denver.[2] It is visually similar to, and may be confused with, Atrusca bella.[1]

Atrusca brevipennata was first studied and introduced to the scientific community by American biologist and sexologist Alfred Kinsey.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 194. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
  2. ↑ "Atrusca brevipennata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  3. ↑ Yudell, Michael (July 1, 1999). "Kinsey's Other Report". Natural History. 108 (6). ISSN 0028-0712. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.


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