The oak gall wasps of Israel (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) - diversity, distribution and life history Shachar, Einat Melika, George Inbar, Moshe Dorchin, Netta Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-16 4521 4 451 498 VTL 75141 Hartig 1840 [151,262,1876,1902] Insecta Cynipidae Andricus GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 17 468 Arthropoda genus   Host plants. Israel:  Q. ithaburensis. Life history.Known only from the leaf galls of the sexual generation. These are large, conspicuous galls, 10– 45 mm long, amorphous, and multi-chambered ( Fig. 63). The underside of the galled leaf is rigid and swollen, and its upper side is soft and densely covered by short hairs. Young galls are green with white hairs, turning dark brown with golden hairs as they mature.  Phenology.Galls begin to develop in February and adults emerge in March.   Distribution. Known only from Israel: En Zivan, Yehudiyya, Hosha'aya, Alonim, Tiv’on.   Comments.The galls of this species are similar to those of  A. istvanifrom Iran( Tavakoli et al.2008) but the adults reared from them are morphologically different. Sternlicht (1968b)attributed these galls to the sexual generation of  Andricus miriamibut preliminary molecular data (Shachar, unpublished) indicate that this is a distinct species, the formal description of which will be given elsewhere.