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Rubiis (bramble) 



Irregular, rounded, brown, usually clustered galls on the root stalk, diameter 

 5 to 25 mm, on R. canadensis. Fig. 141, 4, 5. Beutm. '09c, p. 139 



Cynipid. Blackberry root gall, Diastrophus radicum Bass. 



Irregular, globose, greenish or yellowish green, tinged with red or sometimes 



entirely red swellings of the root or the stalk close to the ground, diameter 



12 to 25 mm, onR. canadensis. Fig. 145, 1-5. Beutm. '09c, p. 139 



Cynipid. Basse tt's blackberry gall, Diastrophus bassetti 



Beutm. 

 Variable stem swelling with a characteristic girdling a little above and below, 

 length 2 to 3 cm, on raspberry. Fig. 142. Sling. & Crosby '14, p. 326 



Coleop. Raspberry cane girdler, Oberea bimaculata Oliv. 

 Irregular, ridged, cane gall, length 6 mm, diameter 2 cm, on blackberry 



Coleop. Gouty gall beetle, Agrilus ruficollis Fabr. 

 Small, clustered, ovate, spined, seedlike, green or reddish, monothalamous, 

 cane galls, onR. villosus, R. canadensis and R. cuneifolius. 

 Fig. 145, 7-10. Beutm. '09c, p. 140 



Cynipid. Blackberry seed gall, Diastrophus cuscutae- 



f o r m i s O. S. 

 Stem gall similar to that of D. turgidus, irregular and completely filled 

 with oval, hard larval chambers, length 25 to 60 mm, diameter 12 to 25 mm, 

 onR. nutkanus. Fig. 141, 2, 3. Beutm. '09c, p. 138 



Cynipid. Diastrophus kincaidi Gill. 



Abrupt, irregularly rounded or elongate stem swellings, sometimes with four or 



five deep, longitudinal furrows, variable in shape, dark green, turning reddish, 



length 25 to 75 mm, diameter 25 to 40 mm, on R. villosus. Fig. 146, 



I, 2. Beutm. '09c, p. 136 



Cynipid. Blackberry knot gall, Diastrophus nebulosus 



O. S. 

 Abrupt, elongate, soft, pithy, sometimes spined, irregular, stemmed swellings, 

 length 25 to 75 mm, diameter 15 to 30 mm, on R. s t r i g o s u s . Fig. 141, 

 I, 146, 3-9. Beutm. '09c, p. 137 



Cynipid. Diastrophus turgidus Bass. 



Irregular, subcortical stem gall, length 2 cm. Fig. 143. Beutm. '07c, p. 397 



Itonid. Nodular stem gall, Lasioptera nodulosa Beutm. 



A subglobular, unilateral branch enlargement, diameter 5 mm, the walls thin 



and the cavity large, possibly North American. Marcellia 5:101 



Cynipid. Rhodites rubicola KiefT. 

 Reared from blossoms ofR. Pvillosus. Felt 'i5e, p. 138 



Itonid. Blackberry blossom midge, Dasyneura rubiflorae 



Felt 

 Warty, pruinose leaf vein gall, length i to 3 cm. Osten Sacken '62, p. 204 



Itonid. Mealy leaf gall, Lasioptera farinosa Beutm. 

 Subglobular, filamentous vein gall onR. nigrobaccus. Stebb. '10, p. 35 

 Itonid. Mossy vein gall, Cecidomyia muscosa Stebb. 

 Marginal leaf roll, length 4 to 6 cm. Fig. 144. Felt 'o8e, p. 34 



Itonid. Camptoneuromyia rubifolia Felt 



Agrimonia (agrimony) 

 Reared from florets. Felt 'o7e, p. 21 



Itonid. Contarina agrimoniae Felt 



