1068 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus LIPOSTHENES Foerster 



LipoHihenuH (!) Foerster, 1869. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 19: 332. 

 Liposthenes Foerster, 1869. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 19: 336. 

 Type-species: Aiilax glechoviae Hartig. Orig desig. 



Produce galls on Nepeta liecleracea, in Europe and North America. 



glechomae (Linnaeus). Maine s. to Va., w. to Ont., W. Va., 111. Europe. Ecology: Produce 



globular, green, fleshy galls on Nepeta hederacea. Introduced from Europe with its host 

 plant and established in the Eastern U. S. and Ontario. 



Cynips Glechomae Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, p. 553. 9, gall. 



Diu^trophuH siwilix Bassett, 1881. Canad. Ent. 13: 95. 9, gall. 



Aulax Latreillei Kieffer, 1898. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 17: 257. 9,6, gall. 



Taxonomy: Weld, 1952. Cynipoidea 1905-1950, p. 273. 



Genus AYLAX Hartig 



Ai/lax Hartig, 1840 (1839). Ztschr. f. Ent. 2: 186, 195. 



Type-species: Ci/nipn rhoeadis Bouche. Desig. by Ashmead, 1903. 

 Aulax Hartig, 1843. Ztschr. f. Ent. 4: 412. Emend. 

 Pseiulaiilax Ashmead, 1903. Psyche 10: 213. 



Type-species: Cynipn liieracii Linnaeus. Orig. desig. 



papaveris (Perris). North America ?; Europe. Ecology: Produce galls in seed-heads of Papaver. 

 Introduced from Europe into North America many times hut not certainly known to 

 be established here. 

 Diplolepis papareris Perris, 1840. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 9: 95. 9, 6, gall. 

 quinquecostatus (Provancher). Ont. (Toronto). 



Diastrophtts o-coHtafus Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 19. 9,6. 



Genus PHANACIS Foerster 



Phanacis Foerster, 1860. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 17: 145. 



Type-species: Phaiiacis centaureae Foerster. Monotypic. 

 TitnaNpis Mayr, 1881. Zwanzig. Jahresber. Comm.-Oberrealsch. I. Bez. Wien., p. 18. 



Type-species: Diastrophits lanipsanae Karsch. Monotypic. 

 Gillettea Ashmead, 1897. Psyche 8: 69. 



Type-species: Gillettea taraxici Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Eady and Quinlan, 1963. Handb. Ident. Brit. Ins. 8 (la): 17-18. 

 hypochaeridis (Kieffer). Wash., Oreg., Calif.; Europe. Ecology: Produce stem swelling galls on 

 Hi/pochaeiis radicata. Introduced from Europe into Pacific Coast states. 

 Aulax hi/pochaeridis Kieffer, 1887. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 37: 205. 9, gall. 

 taraxaci (Ashmead). Ont., N. Y., 111., Minn., Iowa; Hawaii, Europe. Ecology: Produce fusiform 

 galls on petiole, leaf midrib, or base of peduncle. Introduced from Europe along with its 

 host plant. Taraxacum officinale. 

 Gillettea taraxaci Ashmead, 1897. Psyche 8: 69. 9, 6, gall. 



Genus AULACIDEA Ashmead 



Aiilacidea Ashmead, 1897. Psyche 8: 68. 



Type-species: Aulax iiuilgediicola Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



Produce galls on various composites. 



abdita Kinsey. Que. Ecology: Produce cell-like galls in pith oi Lactuca. This is doubtfully 

 distinct from harriiigtoiii (Ashmead). 

 Aulacidea abdita Kinsey, 1920. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 42: 296. 9, 6, gall. 

 ambrosiaecola (Ashmead). Mo. (Kirkwood). Ecology: Supposed to produce galls on A)iihrosia, 

 but has not been found again since it was described. 

 Aulax anibro.fiaecola Ashmead, 1896. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 19: 134. 9, c5, gall. 



