Superfamily CYNIPOIDEA 1077 



Type-species: Xt/stoferoN I'olutellae Ashmead. Monotypic. 



nigrum (Fitch). N. Y., Mo. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Qitercus alba. 



Biarhiza (!) uigm Fitch, 1859 (1858). N. Y. State Agr. Soc, Trans. 18: 782. 9. 



Acmspis politns Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 85. 9. 

 poculutn (Osten Sacken). N. H., Vt., N. Y., Va., 111., Mo. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Quercus 

 alba. 



Cecidomyia poculiun Osten Sacken, 1862. Smithsn. Misc. Collect. 6: 201. Gall. 



Xyi^totem.H poculidii Weld, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mas., Proc. 61 (18): 7. 9, gall. 



Ta.xonomy: Gagne, 1973. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 66: 858. 

 volutellae Ashmead. Kans. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on QiiercK.s )uacrocarpa. 

 Xy.^totems colutellae Ashmead, 1897. Canad. Ent. 29: 260. 9, gall. 



Genus XANTHOTERAS Ashmead 



Xanthoteras Ashmead, 1897. Canad. Ent. 29: 261. 



Type-species: Biorliiza J'orticorHi.f Walsh. Orig. desig. 



eburneum (Bassett). Colo., N. Me.x., Utah, Ariz. Ecology: Produce stem galls on Qiierciis 

 reticulata, Q. snbniollis, Q. sitbtnrbiiiella. 



Dti/oplunita ebu)-)n'n.s Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 10. 9, gall. Agamic gen. 



Dryoplia)ita .si mil is Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 71. 9, gall. Preocc. by Adler, 

 1881. 



Dryophanta .■ii)iiilli)ii(i Dalla Torre, 1893. Cat. Hym., v. 2, p. 54. N. name. 



Dryophanta ylabra Gillette, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 237. 9, gall. 

 emoryi (Ashmead). N. Me.x. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Qitercu.'i sp. 



Dri/opliaiita emoryi Ashmead, 1896. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 19: 115. 9, gall. Agamic gen. 

 fumosum (Weld). N. Mex., Ariz. Ecology: Produce root galls on QuerciLs gaiiibelii, Q. 

 reticulata, Q. .subiiiolli.'i, Q. subturbi)iella. 



Triyouaspis fuiHO.'<a Weld, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 59: 204. 9,6, gall. Se.xual gen. 

 mediocre Weld. Ariz. Ecology: Produce root galls on Quercus subturbinella. 



Xanthoteras wediocre Weld, 1930. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 32: 30. 9, gall. Agamic gen. 

 obconicum (Weld). Calif. Ecology: Produce root galls on Quercus douglasii. 



Trigouaspis ohcouica Weld, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 59: 202. 9,6, gall. Sexual gen. 

 ornatum (Kinsey). Tex. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Quercus breviloba. 



Trigouaspis ornata Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 139. 9,6, gall. Sexual gen. 

 politum (Bassett). N. J. to Fla., w. to Mo., Okla., Tex. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Quercus 

 cliap)iiaui, Q. stellata on coastal plains and inland lowlands. 



Cynips polita Bassett, 1881. Canad. Ent. 13: 99. 9, gall. Agamic gen. 



pulchellum (Beutenmueller). Oreg., Calif. 



Dryophanta pulchella Beutenmueller, 1911. Ent. News 22: 357. 9. Sexual gen. 

 pulchripenne (Ashmead). Ariz., Calif. Ecology: Produce leaf galls on Quercus arizonica, Q. 

 oblongifolia, Q. reticulata, Q. subturbinella, Q. toutneyi. 



Dryophanta pulchripennis Ashmead, 1896. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 19: 115. 9, gall. Agamic 

 gen. 



Dryophanta porterae Cockerell, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 91. 9, gall. 

 pumiliventre (Bassett). Colo., Utah. Ecology: Produce root galls on Quercus sp. 



Dryophanta puniilivenfris Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 69. 6, 9. Sexual gen. 



Belonocneiiia Colorado Gillette, 1893. Ent. News 4: 210. 9. 



Trigonaspis radicis Ashmead, 1896. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 19: 113. 9, 6, gall. 

 quercusforticorne (Walsh). N. H. to Va., w. to Minn. Ecology: Produce stem galls on Quercus 

 alba. 



Cynips q.forticornis Walsh, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 489. 9, gall. Agamic gen. 



Cynips (Tera.s)forticorHis Osten Sacken, 1865. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 4: 340, 350, 353. 



Taxonomy: Fitch, 1859 (1858). N. Y. State Agr. Soc, Trans. 18: 812. 

 radicola (Ashmead). Ont., N. Y., N. J., Pa., D. C, Va., Ind., 111., Mo. Ecology: Produce root galls 

 on Quercus alba. 

 Dryophanta radicola Ashmead, 1896. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 19: 116. 9, gall. Sexual gen. 



