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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Philonix » Philonix fulvicollis

Species Philonix fulvicollis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Oak gall - Philonix fulvicollis Cynipid from white oak gall - Philonix fulvicollis - female White oak gall - Philonix fulvicollis white oak gall - Philonix fulvicollis Fuzzy galls - Philonix fulvicollis gall on oak - Philonix fulvicollis Philonix nigra - Philonix fulvicollis Cynipid from white oak gall - Philonix fulvicollis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)
Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)
Genus Philonix
Species fulvicollis (Philonix fulvicollis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Fitch, 1859
These galls were previously misattributed to Philonix nigra (Gillette).
Food
Quercus alba, Q. bicolor, Q. prinoides, Q. macrocarpa, Q. muehlenbergii (1)
Life Cycle
Galls are deciduous and begin dropping off the leaves before the end of July; some do not fall until October. Adults emerge in November and December, distributed over three seasons beginning the first fall. (1)
Remarks
Causes galls on the undersides of leaves in the white oak group: globular, 5-8 mm, covered with gray felt, one-celled. (1)
Galls with parasitoids or inquilines may be smaller, more sparsely haired, and less spherical; see examples (including the wasps that emerged from them) here.
See Also
Similar galls, 7.5-8 mm in diameter, on swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) in Florida have been attributed to Philonix lanaeglobuli. (1)
Internet References
gallformers.org
Works Cited
1.Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States
Lewis H. Weld. 1959. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 2 March, 2011 - 7:42pm
Last updated 24 January, 2023 - 12:01pm

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