Superfamily CYNIPOIDEA 1071 



radicum (Osten Sacken). Ont. and Mass. to Va., w. to Sask., Wash., Oreg. Ecology: Produce 



large, potatolike galls on roots or stems of Rosa at ground level; galls usually hidden by 

 soil surface litter. 



Rhodites radicuui Osten Sacken, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 42, 45, 46. 9, J, gall. 



Tribal ia hatatoriitii Walsh, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 470. 9. 



Rhodites utahensis Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 62. 9, d, gall. 



DiploU'pis radicuui \a.r. John son i Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 67. 9, 6, gall. 



Diplolcpix radiciDii var. plana Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 70. 9, gall. 



Diplolepis radicum var. divergens Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 70. 9, 6, gall. 



Diplolepis radicum var. angustior Hunter, 1923. Psyche 30: 173. 9, 6, gall. 



rosae (Linnaeus). Que. to Va., w. to Kans.; Europe. Ecology: Produce large, 2-to 4-inch 



diameter, spherical stem galls on Rosa eglanteria and R. rugo.sa; surface of gall densely 



filamentous. Introduced from Europe, first found in Toronto, Ont. in 1868. Mossy rose 



gall. 

 Ciinipn wsae Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, p. 553. 9, gall. 

 rosaefolii (Cockerell). Ont., N. Y., Ohio, Mich., 111. Ecology: Produce lentil-shaped leaf galls on 



Rosa. 

 Rhodites rosaefolii Cockerell, 1889. Ent. Monthly Mag. 25: 324, 363. 9, gall. 

 Rhoditvs Iciiticnlaris Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 59. 9, 6, gall. 

 similis (Ashmead). Wyo., Colo., N. Mex. Ecology: Produce semi-spherical twig galls on Rosa; 



surface of galls smooth. 

 Rhodites similis Ashmead, 1896. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 19: 136. 9, d, gall. 

 spinosa (Ashmead). Ohio, Wis., 111., Man., Minn., Sask., Alta. Ecology: Produce irregularly 



lobed, subterminal stem galls on Rosa; surface of galls densely spinose. 

 Rhodites spinosa Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 134. gall. 

 Rhodites spinosissima Gillette, 1889. Iowa Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 7: 284. Preocc. by Giraud, 



1859. 

 Rhodites multispino.^a Gillette, 1890. Ent. Amer. 6: 25. 9, 6, gall. 

 terrigena Weld. Calif. Ecology: Produce subterranean galls at crown of Rosa plants; gall 



rather shaped like a bunch of grapes. 

 Diplolepis terrigena Weld, 1952. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 102: 320. 9, c5, gall. 

 tuberculatrix (Cockerell). N. Dak., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Produce 



abrupt, semi-spherical stem galls on Rosa; galls with numerous cells and outer surface 



bears scattered spines. 

 Rhodites tuberculator Cockerell, 1888. West. Amer. Sci. 4: 60. 9, gall. 

 Diplolepis tuberculatrix- var. coloradensis form coloradensis Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. 



Univ. Studies 53: 149. 9, d, gall. 

 Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. coloradensis form subcoloradensis Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. 



Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 150. 9, gall. 

 Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. wasatchensis Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 



153. 9, d,gall. 

 Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. versicolor Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 156. 



9, gall. 

 Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. melanderi Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 



156. 9, J, gall. 



Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. rubriderma Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 



157. 9, c^.gall. 



Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. sierranensis Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 



158. 9, cJ.gall. 



Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. descansonis Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 



159. 9, cJ,gall. 



tumida (Bassett). Utah. Ecology: Produce terminal stem swellings on Rosa. 

 Rhodites tumidus Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 60. 9, 6, gall. 

 Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. tumida form xerophila Kinsey and Ayres, 1922. Ind. Univ. 

 Studies 53: 151. 9, d, gall. 



