''Druon fullawayi'', also known as the yellow wig gall wasp, is a
species of
gall wasp in the
family Cynipidae.
It was previously placed in the genus ''
Andricus''.
William Beutenmüller
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...
described the female adult wasps as 1.5-2.25 mm long, black with brown mouth parts and brown legs. The galls of ''D. fullawayi'' are tan or yellow, woolly, and measure 5-8 mm in diameter. Each gall holds a single chamber for larvae. They are found in California on
oak trees, especially ''
Quercus lobata''.
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''Druon fullawayi'' on gallformers
Cynipidae
Gall-inducing insects
Oak galls
Insects described in 1913
Taxa named by William Beutenmuller
Hymenoptera of North America
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