Abdomen dark large, longer than the head and thorax combined, and as broad as CUB minor.. Antennre thread-like and as as the Abdomen com-and broad when viewed in the sutures marked fine
Trang 1Article XVDI.- THE SPECIES OF PHILONIX AND
By WILLIAM BEUTENMULLER.
, Vol
Ph,!.101ll1X, Zo:pht~rol'erQ'8, xY81~otera8 and Parareras are va'me.lv
SYflOPftic table of these genera was
pages 148-150.
This paper constitutes the fifth installment of a series of papers on North
small ant-like creaturt"s, and in appearance rt"semble ants belonlging
Crlmul8wfgculreror Doliehoderus. are kno'wn the females
other genera.
distim·t from Biorhiza.
W H Ashmead in
Biorhiza JV eahmod.
Biorhiza WESTWOOD, Intro Class Ins., Vol II, 1840, p.56; MAYR, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 31; CRESSON, N Am., 1887, p 26;
AsH-MEAD, Vol 1903, p 149
Teras HARTIG, Zeitsch. fur Ent., Vol II, 1840, p 185; MAYR, Gen Gallenb
1881, p 31; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam
1002, p 56
•4]lOp.hyllusHARTIG, 7 eitsch fUr Vol 1840, p 185; MAYa, Gen Gallenb
1881, p 31; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam
1002, p 56
Biarhiza FITCH, 5th Nox Ins N Y Trans K Y Agricul Soc., 1858 (1859), p 781
DryoterGS FORSTER, Verh zool.-bot Gesell Wien, Vol 1869, p 331; MAYR, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 31; DALLA TORRE and KIEI"FER, Gen Ins
•- n"'''''.Fam 1902, p 56
Biorrhiza DALLA TORRE, Cat. Vol II, 1893, p 59; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56
Splu1'1'oierasAsHMEAD, Vol VIII, 1897, p 67; wili.Vol 1903, p 150; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fum 1902, p 56
XanlMteras ASHlIEAD, Can Ent., Vol XXIX, 1897, p 262; Vol X,
1903, p 149; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFEIl, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56
PhylloterasASHMEAD, Psyche, Vol VIII, 1897, p 67; ibid.,Vol X, 1903, p 149
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Female. Head with a between the antenna! Antennre stout, third than the seven to fourteen stouter than the second
to sixth Tarsi shorter than or as long as the tibire grooves present Scutellum rounded and without distinct fovere Claws with or without a tooth within
apteraBose
Biorhiza forticomis
black
Cynips querclI<ljicusFITCH, Sth Nox Ins N Y., Trans N Y State Soc., 1858 (1859), p 782; OSTEN SACKEN, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol I, 1861, p 69; GLOVER,III N Am Ent., 1878, VIII, 15; PACKARD, Bull 7,U S Ent Com.,
1881, p 39; 5th U S Ent Com., 1800, p Ill (Gall
.ficw!OSTEN:':t~CKEN, Ent Zeit Stettin, 1861, pp 410, 413; Proc Ent
II,1863, p 328; WALSH,Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol.II,1864, p 489
CyniJI8~r.filrticornisWALSH, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol.II,1864, p 400
(Teras) f""J~i""'''''';JlOSTEN SACKEN, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol IV, 1865,
pp 340, 350, 3.53
BiorhizajurtucrnisM.HR, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 32; ASH!IIE.~D,Trans
Am Ent Soc., Vol XII, 188.5, p 296; ibid.,Vol XIV, 1&"7, p 132; Bull I, Col BioI Assoc., 1890, p 38; GILLETTE, 27th Mich., 1888, p 470; Vol
V, 1889, p 186; Proc Iowa Acad Sci., Vol I, pt II, 1892, p 113; BEUTEN~IeLLER,
Bull Am Mus Nat Hist., Vol IV, 1892, p 259, XIII, 3; Am IIlus Journ., Vol IV, 1904, p 105, fig 36; Ins Galls Vicino N.Y., 1004, p 19, 36; BRODU: Ann Forest, Ontario, 1896, p 114, 1; BRIDWELL, Trans Kans Acad Sci., Vol XVI, 1899, p 203; FELT, ith N Y Forest, Fish and Game, 1001, p 530,
x, 2; Ins Affect Park and Woodl Trees, Vol I 190,:5, 48, 1,2; ibid.,
Vol II, 1906, p 626; JARVIS, 38th Ent Soc Ont., 1007 (1008), p 90, c 2; FLE'l'CHER,38th Ent.Soc Ont., 100i (1008), p 128
Biorrhiza jorticornis DALL.~TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 60; DALLA TORRE, and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1002, p .56
XGrni,'wtera:s filriicnrnis ASHME.m, Can Ent., Vol XXIX, 1897, p 262;
Vol X, 1903, p 149; COOK, 29th Geo!.&Nat.Hist Indiana, 1004 (I90S),
p.833, fig 26
Antennre stout, black or brown black Thorax rufous,
scutellum rounded, elevated, at the base and with a
compressed and ventrally, sides rounded Ventral rufous, hind femora and tibire sometimes darker short,
e 'i:-to about the second segment Length LiS to 2.•'50mm
GaU. (Plate XLI, Figs 1-7 and Plate XLII, 1,2.) On the shoots of young
white oaks (Quercu8 alba), dwarf chestnut oak (Quercu8 and chestnut oak
(Quercus in to late in fall Consist,~of many small, soft, thin shelled bladder-like bodies, each containing a cell, which is held ill many radiating fibers They are and somewhat resemble pack('d in boxes,- hence the name "Fig Gall." Pale often
tinged with red Brown and brittle in winter
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Habitat. Canada; New
North Carolina
and Middle States westward to Colorado;
Biorbiza mellea Ashm.ead.
oak
(Quer-and
e'der-(L!lkehrurst) ; Florida
Biorhiza melleaASHMEAD, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XIV, 1887, pp 138, 127
Biorrhiza melleaDALLA TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 61; DALL!1 TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56
S,,'ha'1'QI'erG!8melle~ ASHMEAD, Vol VIII, 1897, p 67
dark yellow, smooth, with distinct grooves Scutellum dark rugose Abdomen dark large, longer than the head and thorax combined, and as broad as
CUB minor). or in clusters of three or more Small,
are covered with minute warty dots are and when matured are of a more or less cellular co,t!sisttmc:y and shrivel in Attached a slender to the leaf lind IIrc detllched Diamt"tt"r 2.50 to 3.75 mm
Habitat. New
Biorbiza rubina Gillette.
Biorhiza rubinusGILLETTE, 2ilh Mich., 1888, p 472; Vol
V, 1889, p 215; Proc Iowll Acad ScL, 1887-89 (1890), p 54; ibid., Vol J, pt. ii,
1892, p 113
Biorrhiw TUbinaDALLA TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 61
Ph,uUoleras rubinusAsHME.m,Psyche Vol VIII, 1897, p 67
Trigona81:ri.:s rubimlDALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam
1902, p 55
Female. Head black with hairs, with a number of rather stout hairs, a very few short hairs on the front border of epicranium and on the 'n?rtex bare Antennll' brown-black, the middle
of the abdomen, first and second joints in and rather stout, the firlit somewhat stouter than the second, third longest and most slender, fourth to
t elfth shortened, thirteenth one and a half as long as the twelfth Thorax black, Parapsidal grooves, shallow and indistinct, about one third of the way from the scutellum to the collar Scutellum much rounded behind with two shallow fovell' at base Abdomen smooth, black black with
Gall. On the under sides of the leaves of white oak (Quercus alba) in autumn
and of a rosy color Diameter 2 to 3 mm
Habitat. New York; Iowa;
C P Gillette.
female is with Prof.
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to all the than the
Soc., 1858 N.Y
Nox Ins N Y., 5th
thorax and
2mm
Habitat: New York
Biarhiza nigra
p.782)
Biorhim nigraOSTEN SACKEN, Proc Ent Soc PhUa., Vol IV, 1865, p 353; AsHMEAD, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XII, 1885, p 296; ibid., Vol XIV, 1887, p 132; Proc Ent Soc Wash., Vol.III, 1895, p 262
BWn-him nigraDALLA TORRE, Cat Vol.II, 1893, p 61; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56
Xll!8toterl18 nigraAsHMEAD, Smith Cat Ins N.J.,1890, p 548
than the thorax, and twice as broad as when viewed from above Antennre thread-like and as as the Abdomen com-and broad when viewed in the sutures marked fine impr.essed transverse and the first segment very about in
The abdomen is much more smooth and which are bearded with minute gray hairs
is unknown in collections and I do not seem to reC'Olil:ni2:e
This
it from the de:;cription.
Philonix Fitch.
Hymen Fam
Philonix, FITCH, 5th Nox Ins N Y N Y
p 782); ASHMEAD, Cat Ins N J (Smith), 1900, p 548;
1903, p 148
JIClra81Yl8 l\IAYR, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 29;
N Am., 1887, pp 26, 28; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins
1902, p 58
very fine furrow Antennre 14-'lOI:nt<ed filiform, long, third longest, follm.;ing
gr~ldlJl!IlIy decrellsiing in Head behind the eyes broadened Prono-tum very narrow in the middle, broad l\lesonotum with or without paraI)sh:lal grooves, when present do not extend to the anterior Scutel-lum triangular, in a blunt posteriorly, fovere at
Ventral spine with bristle-like hairs Claws with two teeth
Philo~dx.fulvicc'llisFitch
"dth Fiteh's
Philonix
and
O S for tht,
the of the genus.
1I01,\'e"er, is too brief for rec'og-nitionofthe "I"cu'c",.
of Philoni:r. The males are not known.
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Philom
Soc 1858 (1859), p 818, OSTEN SACKEN, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol I, 1861, p.59; Ent Zeit Stettin, 1861, pp 408, 411 (Gall
ASHlIEAD, Trnns Am Ent Soc., Vol XII, 1885, p 303; BEUTEN-MtlLLER, Bull Am Mus Nat Hist., Vol IV, 189'2, p 2;,8; Am Mus Journ., Vol
IV, 1904, p 104, 34; Ins Galls Vicino N.Y., 1904, p 18, 34; COOK, Proc Ind Acad Sci., 1904, p 221i; 29th Geol &:Nat Hist Indiana, 1904 (1905), p 832; JARVIS, 37th Ent Soc Ontario, 1906 (1907), p 72
pe,WII:UU:,/wiilcs OSTEN SACKEN, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol I, 1862, p 250
1865, pp 340, 348, 352, 379
pezomaclwidcs MAYR, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 31; ASHMEAD, TrnllS Am Ent Soc., Vol XII, 1885, p 295; Vol XIV, 1887, p 127; Bull
1, Col BioI Assoc., 1890, p 38; DALLA TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 64; BRIDWELL, Trans Kans Acad Sci., Vol XVI, 1899, p 203; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 58
9 PACKARD, 5th Rep.U.S Ent Com., 1890, p 113
Female. Head black, rufous around the eycs or rufous with the vertex and face along the middle black, finely punctate, hairy Antennre brownish black, reddish
PleUral dark brown black with a rufous Scutellum rufous, Abdo-men smooth, dark brown black, basal segment with a brown spot on each side or brown Ventral and of abdomen with hairs rufous, tibire sometimes infuscated Claws
2 to 3.25 mm
GaU. (PlateXLIII,!.) On the under or upper sides of the leaves of white
oak (Quercu8 alba) in AugUllt and Pale sometimes with red Globular and somewhat a pea Its surface is netted with fissures or cracks and intervening elevated points Inside are two larval cells divided a thin Diameter 5 to 7 mm
Ohio; Illinois; Missouri; Indiana Kansss; Colorado
The insect described Fitch as
:Museum of COimpliuallive Zo{"logy
Philonix erinacei sp nov.
isa are III the
q eriooedWALSH, Proc Ent Soc Vol 1864, p 483
ACiras:pls erinacd M.HR,Gen 1881, p 30; ASH:IIEAD, Trans
Am Ent Soc., Vol XII, 188.5, p 29S;ibid., Vol XIV, 1887, p 128; Bull 1, Col.
BioI Assoc., 1890, p.38; GILLETTE,27th lfich., 1888, p 470;
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Vol V, 1889, p 186; Proc Iowa Acad Vol I, pt ii, 1892, p 112; BEUTEN-MULLER, Bull Am Mus Nat Rist., Vol IV, 1892, p 259, pI.xii, 1; Am.MIlS
Journ., Vo\ IV, 1904, p 104, 35; Ins Galls Vicino N Y., 1904, p 18, 35; DALLA TORRE, Cat Vol.II, 1893,p 64; BRIDWELL, Trans Kans Acad Vo\ XVI, 1899, p 203; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam
1902, p 58; COOK,29th Rep Geol and Nat Hist Indiana, 1904 (1905), p
832, 25; FELT, Ins Affect Park and Woodl Trees, 1906, p 627; JARVIS,3ith Ellt Soc Ontario, 1906 (1907), p 70
Female. Head black, rufous on each side of the face, or around the eyes, finely punctate, with whitish Antennm black, basal rufous, 14-,]0IIiltell.
Thorax rufous, narrowly black around the sides and anteriorly Pleurm black, with
a large rufous mark All punctate,
grooves distinct obsolete Scutellum rufous, darkest
punctate and Metathorax black Abdomen or
rufa-and Ventral spine and tip of abdomen ye'llo''''jg:h rufous, tibim sometimes darker
aborted
GaU. (Plate XLIII, 2, 3, 4.) Attached a to the leaf and
on one of the principal veins, but usually on the midrib of white oak
(Quercus alba). Itoccurs on both sides of the leaves, and is late in August and rounded or elongate with the surface netted with fissures or cracks and more or less covered with Yellow sometimes shaded with red with the spines red 1() 20 mm Width 6-12mm
Hab-itat: New and Middle States; North Carolina; Virginia, South to Florida; Michigan, Iowa, Ohio; Kansas; Indiana; Colorado(?)
The adult d<X's not appear to have been before described I haw
de"cr:iptlon of the adult ,vas made from eH!'htl~en sm'CllnellSbred tIll:" late
H F Bassett from received from Ohio The are in the Ameri('an
New York.
PhiloniJ: echini
Acraspis echilliASHMEAD, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XIV, 1887, pp 128, 140; DALLATORRE,Cat Vol II,1893, p.64; DALLA TORRE lind KIEFFER, Ot'll Ins Fam 1902, p 58
Female. Head reddish brown, rufous, t'yes dark ocelli red,Sllllllllg.
Antennll' dark brown above, paler beneath, as long as the whole filiform, basal joint and some of tht' others at the tip Thomx reddish brown, finely rugose, grooves distil1ct
bright reddish brown smooth, compressed, second segment pulx,,:,-cell! laterally Ventral spine reddish brown, more or less infuscated
ll11r!i'~1l1arlvalong the outer edges of the tibill', short
3.25to3.75 mm
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GaU. (Plate XLIII, 5.) On the leaves of swamp white oak
pU~Ia1W1ide,8)in autumn Almost globular, with the surface netted or fissured like a and covered with short Yellowish in color Inter-there are from one to four cells, but two cells Diamet~r 5 to7 mm
Habitat: Florida
It is smaller than erinarei and The surface is ('oarser than in erinarei and the
shorter.
Philoni:c
PhilODix priIloidla8 U1ellllPlnniifilerl.
Cynip8 BEUTENMt'LLER, Bull Am Mus Nat Hist., Vol IV, 1892,
p.257, xi, 6; DALLA TORRE and KEIFFER, Gen Ins Fam
190'2,p.60; FELT, Ins Affect Park andWood!.Trees,1906,p.627
Philonix ASHMEAD, Cat Ins.N.J.Smith, 1900,p 5.JS,
Acraspi8 BEUTENMi'LLER, Am Mus Jour., Vol IV, 1904, p 103, fig 32, Ins Galls Vicino N.Y.1904,p 17, 32
Female. Head black or dark rufous on the sides of the almost twice
as broad as the thorax, Antennre black, basal sometimes rufous Thorax rufous or brown v<'ry sparsely some-what shining grooves distinct and extending well forward, convergent
at the scutellum Scut<·lIum rufous, somewhat and pointed poste-riorly Pleurre dark rufous Abdomen black, smooth and not colnp'l'eI;se,:I;' on the sides of thp second segment are a ff'W hairs, which are difficult
todetect Legs mfous "'ings very short LSOto 3.2.5 mm
GaU. (Plate XLIII, Fil/:s 6, 7 On the upppr or und('r side of the lenves of
dwarf chestnut oak (Quercus prin{fvJes), usually on th<> mid rib. In August and
Monothalnmous Hard and Globular with numerous cone-like prclje<:tio'ns, each with a long or short bristle Gret'll or yellowish tinged with red th('re is a mther large lan'al chami)('r Diameter6to12mm
Habirot: New York, New Ohio
pllra!ISil!al grooves are appt>aram'(' the
The adult is wry diffl'l't'nt from ull otl1l'r
thorax is wr:' narrow, the head is vcry
inSt'ctmimicsa ofb('et!f'of thl'genusA1IIhi(,II.~.
American ::\Iusc'umof !'\atural
Philom villosa il~ra8pt81oj/1o.~1I8GILU;TTE,27th AgrieuI Mich., HISS,p -H4; Yol
V, 1889.p 218, 4; Proe, Iowa Acad ScL, 1890, p 55; ibifl.,Vol I, pl ii 18!l2, p.113
IU',raspts toillosa DALL,>\TOimE.Cat Vol II, IS!l3,p 64; DALLATOIlIlF:
and KIEFFER, G('n Ins Fam Cynip., 1902, p 5S
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Female. Head punctate with the median line of the face black, cheeks and orbits cinnamon brown Sometimes the face is nearly black in dark sp<ecime,ns,
Antennre (14?) Thorax brown bordered anteriorly and with black, Parapllidal grooves Scutellum punctate, Abdomen black, set with gray pubeeiceillce that a decided velvety luster to the sides Anterior dorsal of the second segment has a large bare spot that is continued as a line the dorsum of the segments The border of the segments show as black rings
the surface brown, tarsi infuscated short 4 mm
Gall. (Plate XLIII, Figs 8, 9.) On the midrib on the under side of the leaves
of burr oak (Quercus macrocarpa') in autumn. Hard with fissures and cracks somewhat like the of P erinacei, but densely covered with very bristle-like hairs Pale with a larval cell Diameter 9-11 mm Hairs about 3 mm long
Habitat: Iowa;
The adult of the
C P Gillette.
Gillette The flies
is not known to me and the
emerge in Octohl'r.
llfewith Prof.
PbiloDix bim
353
Cynips q hirtaBASSE'l'T, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol III, 1864, p 688
hirtaOSTEN SACKEN, Pmc Ent Soc Phila., Vol IV, 1865, pp 340, 347,
(Teras) hirtaOSTENS,.\CKEN,Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol IV, 1865, p 379
Biorhiza hirta ASHMEAD, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol 1885, p 296; ibid.,
Vol XIV, 1887, p 127; Bull 1, Col BioI Assoc., 1890, p 38; BEUTENlIIfLLER, Bull
Am Mus Nat Hist., Vol IV, 1892, p 260; BRIDWELL, Trans Kans Acad Vol XVI, 1899, p 204
Biorrhiza hirtaDALLA TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 60; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56
Philonix hirta Ashmead,Cat, Ins N.J.Smith, 1900, p 548
FertW.le. Head black, very dark rufous on each side of the face,minut~lyrugose Antennre black Mesothorax dull rufous, somewhat infuscated on the disc, grooves short Pleurre dark brown sometimes marked with rufous Scutellum finely rugose, rufous, somewhat infuscated, cent Abdomen brown, with a on each side of the second segment, the remaining segments, except the first bounded across the back and sides
on the a belt of long, white hairs, divided on the dorsal
a shining, smooth naITOW line, like the ant~rior of the segments Legs dark brown, somewhat infuscllted very short, a Iittl", be-thescut~lIum. 2 to :3 mm
Gall. (Plate XLIII, 10.) 011the veins on the upper and under sides of
the leaves of chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) in and October Green or yellowish green Hard, round, with the outer surface of fissures each with a sbort point th"'f(;' is a larval cell Diameter 4 to 6 mm
Habitat: Massachusetts; Connecticut; New York; New District of Columbia; Kanslls; Colorado (?)
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adult is very different from this It is allied toPhi/ani:r rnacrocarpa!.
PhiloniJ: macrocarplill
A.cruspis rruu:rocarpre B.<\.8SETT, Trans Am, Ent Soc., Vol 1890, p S4; GILLETTE, Proc Iowa Acad SeL, Vol I, pt II, 1892, p 113; D.<\.LLA TORRE, Cat Hymen., Vol II, 1893, p 64; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam
1902, p 58; JARVIS, 37th Ent Soc Ontario, 1906 (1907), p 69; BEuT-ENMt'LLER, Bull Am }Ius Nat Hist., Vol XXIII, 1907, p 466
Acraspis undulataGILLETTE, Ent News, Vol IV, 1893, p 28
Philvnix macrocarpa:ASHMEAD, Cat Ins N.J.Smith, 1900, p 548
Female. Head black, punctate, with minute hairs, mandibles somewhat rufous Antennre Thorax pitchy brown black, sometimes rufous the lateral margins of the mesonotum; clothed with hairs
grooves indistinct HcutoCllum brown black, punctate,
poste-Pleurre brown black Abdomen brown -black, sometimes and the sides covered with gray hairs Venter, dorsum and tip of abdomen smooth and dark brown
short 2 to 2.75 mm
Gall. (Plate XLIII, Fig 11.) On the underside of the leaves of burr oak
(Quercus rruu:rocarpa: and Quercu.8 undulata). found on the lateral veins or
on the midrib or in numbers Pale green or oval or rounded The surface presents a crackled appearance, fine fissures or lines it into a large number of facets, each of which is crowned with a short hard point is
a larval cell and the space between the inner and outer surface of the is filled with a hard substance Diameter 2 to 4 mm
Habitat: Ohio, Iowa, New York (St Lawrence Co.); Colorado (:Uani-tou); Canada (Ontario)
allied to Phi/01~ix1uaerocurpa! Basst'tt The of A macro-carpa! are in the American :'Museum of Natural and the Ameriean
Gillette and the Ameriean Museum of Natural
Philoni.x
.'1crall"jJU nigerGILLETTE, Bull 7 Iowa Stu., 1889, p 282; Ent Amer., Vol 1890, p 23; Proc Iowa Acad SeL, Vol I, pt II, 1892, p 113
.I1cralllnllnigraD.<\.LLA TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 64; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 58
Acraspis gillelleiBASSETT, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XXVI, 1900, p 323; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 58
Female. Head black or dark reddish black, very rugoso-punctate,
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with a few hairs Antennm black or Mesothorax from black to rufous, when rufous it has a blackish mark anterior>ly Prothorax black, scutelIum black or rufous, metathorax alI punctate with decumbent, pale hairs; grooves, present, distinct posteriorly, obso-lete anteriorly Scutellum Pleune black sometimes marked with rufous Abdomen black, of hairs on each side at the base Ventral spine with long pale hairs dark brown,
2.50 to 3.50 mm
GaU. (Plate XLIII, 12, 13.) On the underside of the leaves of white oak(Quercus alba), burr oak(Quercm nacrorarpa)and dwarf chestnut oak(QlIerclUl vri'no:ide,s) in the fall. Monothalamous Globular and covered with a short, dense pu.bescc,nce, which them the appearance of felt Pale ashen gray brown, but brown if long to the weather is a larval cell in a spongy mass that is fibrous on the inner surface of the The outer shell
is thin and hard Diameter 6 to 11 mm
Habitat: Connecticut; New York; New
Iowa
::\IUSNlm of Kntural and the American J<.:nltolmollo~~iclll
PbJlonix la.JUeglo,buJi
JI"raS1nS larurglol:mliASHMEAD,Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XIV, 1887, pp 128, 139; DALLA TORRE,Cat Vol II, 1893, p 64; DALL TORREandKIEFFER,
G('n Ins Fam l00:.?, p, 58
Female. In size and general appearance \'ery c1osel:\" resembles echini;
hut ,WIers as follows: mandibles black; antenn!I' brown black from sL"th to terminus, althou!1:h the fifth is also sOIll('times black at base; the are not obfuscated and Ihe COXI~isYClJ' • the abdomen is pale lind the terminal segments ar!' blackish LPTlgth 4 to J.50 mm
(;a/[: On till' Ufld('r sid(' of the lellyeS of swamp white oak(QuerclIs pWllallOi,1es).
Honnd or globular sli/!:htly attached to the leaf and co\'ered with a fine, dense, gray-ish of a pithy structure, withIi thin shelled kernel in Ihe' ('('nln' Vianwlpr7.;30to knUll,
HllbUnl: Florida
Kational
Is m the r nit{,d Stales