Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Belenocnema (!) Treatae Mayr, 1881
Dryorhizoxenus floridanus Ashmead, 1882
Identification
Spur on the anterior side of fore tibia shorter than basitarsus, approximately the same length as tibial spurs. Middle tibia without a spur.
Asexual generation (Antennae with 14 in females or 15 in males with F1 excavated segments) scutellar foveae shallow, weakly delimited posteriorly, separated broadly by a ridge. Rs vein thickened and infumated.
Sexual generation (Antennae with 13 segments) yellowish brown in color, areolet in fore wing large and distinct
(1).
Range
Mississippi (east of Gautier), Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina
Food
Q. virginiana, rarely Q. geminata
Life Cycle
Females of the bisexual generation induce leaf galls, from which unisexual females emerge. Unisexual females induce root galls.
Remarks
Galls from west of Gautier, Mississippi are B. kinseyi, this appears to be a hybrid zone between the two species. Specimens collected around this area from
Q. virginiana cannot be accurately identified without the adults
(1).
Similar galls in Georgia/Florida could be from this species (almost exclusively on Q. virginiana, rarely on Q. geminata), or B. fossoria (exclusively on Q. geminata).
