Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)
Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)
Genus Amphibolips
Species gainesi (Amphibolips gainesi)
Explanation of Names
Author: Bassett, 1900
Remarks
Causes large, globose, easily detached galls on the sides of blackjack oak acorn caps, "densely corky, rusty brown internally, diameter 1 to 1 1/2 inches, does not shrivel." (1)