1072 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



variabilis (Bassett). N. Dak., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Wash., Oreg. Ecology: Produce irregularly 

 round, smooth, russet colored leaf galls on Rosa. 



Rhodites variabilis Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 61. 9, 6, gall. 



Rhodites globuloides Beutenmueller, 1907. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 23: 638. 9. 

 variabilis var. lutescens Kinsey. Colo. 



Diplolepis variabilis var. lutescens Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 77. 9, S. 

 variabilis var. rufopicea Kinsey. Colo. 



Diplolepis variabilis var. rufopicea Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 76. 9, 6. 

 variabilis var. sculpta Kinsey. Utah. 



Diplolepis variabilis var. sculpta Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 75. 9, 6. 



vema (Osten Sacken). P. E. I., Ont, s. to D. C. Ecology: Produce rounded enlargements of 

 small Rosa stems. 



Rhodites vema Osten Sacken, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 41, 45, 47. 9 , d , gall. 

 weldi (Beutenmueller). Calif. Ecology: Produce clusters of leaf galls on Rosa. 



Rhodites weldi Beutenmueller, 1913. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 1: 93. S, gall. 



Genus NEUROTERUS Hartig 



Neuroterus Hartig, 1840 (1839). Ztschr. f. Ent. 2: 185, 192. 



Type-species: Neuroterus politus Hartig. Desig. by Ashmead, 1903. 

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



Type-species: Spathegaster petioliventris Hartig. Monotypic. 

 Ameristus Foerster, 1869. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 19: 330,333. 



Type-species: Neuroterus polit2is Hartig. Desig. by Rohwer and Fagan, 1917. 

 Dolichostrophus Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 129 (footnote). 



Type-species: Cynips irregularis Osten Sacken. Monotypic. 

 Neuroterus subg. Neospathegaster Kinsey, 1923. Ind. Univ. Studies 58: 28, 35, 121. 



Type-species: Cynips vesicula Bassett. Orig. desig. 

 Neuroterus subg. Diplobius Kinsey, 1923. Ind. Univ. Studies 58: 27, 28-31, 35. 



Type-species: Cynips Jloccosa Bassett. Orig. desig. 

 Neuroterus subg. Pseudoneuroterus Kinsey, 1923. Ind. Univ. Studies 58: 28, 130. 



Type-species: Cynips macropterus Hartig. Orig. desig. 



Produce galls on white oaks only. 



affinis (Bassett). Conn. Ecology: Produce bud galls on Quercus prinoides. 



Cynips affinis Bassett, 1881. Canad. Ent. 13: 103. 9, <J, gall. 

 argentatus Weld. Ariz. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Quercus gambelii, Q. oblongifolia. 



Neuroterus argeyitatus Weld, 1944. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 95: 2. 9, gall. 

 bassettii Dalla Torre. Conn. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Quercus alba. 



Neuroterus pallipes Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 89. 9, 6, gall. Preocc. by 

 Schenck, 1863. 



Neuroterus bassettii Dalla Torre, 1892. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 11: 131. N. name. 

 clarkeae Beutenmueller. Mass. Ecology: Produce stem galls on Quercus alba. 



Neuroterus clarkeae Beutenmueller, 1910. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 28: 132. 9,6, gall, 

 clavensis Weld. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. Ecology: Produce stem gaUs on Quercus gambelii, Q. 

 subterminella. 



Neuroterus clavensis Weld, 1944. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 95: 3, 9, gall. 

 cockerelli Beutenmueller. Colo. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Quercus sp. 



Neuroterus cockerelli Beutenmueller, 1910. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 28: 125. 9, gall. 

 congregatus Gillette. Colo. Ecology: Produce bud galls on Quercus sp. 



Neuroterus congregatus Gillette, 1893. Ent. News 4: 166. 6, gall. 

 consimilis Bassett. Conn. Ecology: Produce stem galls on Quercus alba. 



Neuroterus consimilis Bassett, 1900. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 26: 335. 9, gall. 

 contortus (Weld). Tex. Ecology: Produce galls at bases of sprouts of Quercus breviloba. 



Xystoteras contorta Weld, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 59: 191, 209. 9, gall. Agamic gen. 



Xystoteras contortus, bisexual form principalis Kinsey, 1923. Ind. Univ. Studies 58: 92. 9, 

 6, gall. Sexual gen. 



