Superfamily CYNIPOIDEA 1067 



rufus Gillette. 111., Kans. Ecology: Bred from galls hidden in stem of Silpliiuvi laciniatuni. 



A)itistrophus rufus Gillette, 1891. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Bui. 3: 195. 9, 6, gall. 

 silphii Gillette. Va., 111., Nebr. Ecology: Produces club-shaped subterminal stem galls on 

 Silpliiu)ii perfoliatuui. 



AnthtrophuH ailphii Gillette, 1891. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Bui. 3: 192. 9,6, gall. 



AniintrophuH leavenworthi Bassett, 1900. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 310. 9, 6, gall. 



Genus DIASTROPHUS Hartig 



DiastrophuH Hartig, 1840 (1839). Ztschr. f. Ent. 2: 186. 



Type-species: Diastrophus rubi Hartig. Monotypic. 



Produce galls on Rubus, Fnigaria, PotentUla. 



bassettii Beutenmueller. N. Y., N. J., Pa. Ecology: Produce irregularly globose galls half buried 

 in ground at tips of running Rubus stems. 

 DiastrophuH baasettii Beutenmueller, 1892. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 4: 248. 6, gall. 

 cuscutaeformis Osten Sacken. Conn, to S. C, w. to Ont., 111., Iowa. Ecology: Produce seedlike 

 galls on Rubus stems near ground level. 

 Dittstroplius cuscutaefoDiiis Osten Sacken, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 39. 9, 6, gall. 

 fragariae Beutenmueller. R. I., N. Y., s. to Va., w. to Ont., 111. Ecology: Produce galls on petiole 

 of strawberry, Fragaria virginiana. 

 Diastrophus fragariae Beutenmueller, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 353. 6, gall. 



Taxonomy: Weld, 1926. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 68 (10): 118 (description of female). 

 fusiformans Ashmead. Ont., Colo. Ecology: Produce galls on PotentUla sp. that are slight 

 swellings, often curved, in stems. 

 Diastrophus fusiforwaus Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 13, 38. 9, gall. 

 kincaidii Gillette. Colo., Idaho, B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Produce lumpy and pithy 

 stem galls on Rubus parriflorus. 

 Diastrophus kincaidii Gillette, 1893. Canad. Ent. 25: 110. 9, 6, gall. 

 Diastrophus kincaidii var. austrior Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 54. 9, 6, gall. 

 minimus Bassett. Mass., Conn., N. J. Ecology: Produce small, oval galls on internodes of 

 Potenfilla canadensis. 

 Diastrophus minimus Bassett, 1900. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 325. 9, 6, gall. 

 nebulosus (Osten Sacken). Conn, to Fla., w. to Ont., Kans., Okla. Ecology: Produce stem galls 

 on Rubus sp., blackberries, that are large, abrupt, pithy, subterminal swellings with 

 longitudinal grooves. 

 Cguips (Diasfrophusn nebulosus Osten Sacken, 1861. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 22: 415. 9, gall. 

 niger Bassett. Mass., N. Y., D. C, Mich., 111., Mo., Ark. Ecology: Produce spindle-shaped stem 

 galls on PotentUla ca)iadensis. 

 Diastrophus niger Bassett, 1900. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 324. 9, gall. 



piceus Provancher. Ont. (Ottawa). 



Diastrophus piceus Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 161. 9, 6. 



radicum Bassett. Conn. s. to N. C, w. to Ont., Mich., Colo. Ecology: Produce irregular, globose 

 root galls on black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis. 

 Diastrophus radicum Bassett, 1870. Canad. Ent. 2: 98. 9, 6, gall. 

 smilacis Ashmead. 111. Originally described from specimens said to be from gall on Smilax; 

 this species has not been reared again since. The plant record may be incorrect. 

 Diastrophus smilacis Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 19: 135. 9, gall. 

 tumefactus Kinsey. Que., Ont. Ecology: Produce enlarged stem galls on PotentUla. 



Diastrophus tumefactus Kinsey, 1920. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, Bui. 42: 299. 9, gall. 

 turgidus Bassett. Que., Maine, Ont., Conn., D. C, N. Y., Ind., 111., Mo. Ecology: Produce abrupt 

 stem sweeling galls on red raspberries, Rubus strigosus. 

 Diastrophus turdigusC) Bassett, 1870. Canad. Ent. 2: 99. 9, gall. 

 Diastrophus turgidus Bassett, 1870. Canad. Ent. 2: 100. 



