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Globular, yellowish green or reddish, prickly twig galls, diameter 5 to 15 mm, 

 usually in clusters of 2 to 10. Fig. 147, 149, 1-4. Beutm. '07a, p. 633 



Cynipid. Spiny rose gall, Rhodites bicolor Harr. 



Spherical, smooth, reddish yellow, varying to pink and dull purplish twig galls, 



diameter 25 to 38 mm, on wild rose. Fig. 151, 8-10. Cockcrell '88, p. 60 



Cynipid. Rhodites tuberculator Ckll. 

 Globose, densely spined, reddish brown twig gall, diameter 20 to 32 mm. Fig. 

 150, I, 151, 11-12. Beutm. '07a, p. 642 



Cynipid. Many spined twig gall, Rhodites multispinosus 



Giir. 



Globose, reddish, stem swellings, frequently in series, length 12 mm. Fig. 

 152, I. Beutm. '07a, p. 635 



Cynipid. Knotty rose gall, Rhodites vernus O. S. 

 Globose, elongate, soft, polythalamous enlargements, length 4 to 12 mm, diameter 

 4 to 9 mm. Fig. 150, 10-12. Beutm. '07a, p. 643 



Cynipid. Rhodites fusiformans Ashm. 

 Subglobose, irregular, dense, corky twig enlargements, usually close to the 

 stem from which the shoot arises, the surface rusty and finely wrinkled; 

 diameter 12 to 21 mm. Fig. 151, 1-4, 13. Beutm. '07a, p. 640 



Cynipid. Rhodites arefactus Gill. 

 Subglobose, budlike, hard, polythalamous enlargements on a short stem; 

 diameter 15 to 25 mm. Fig. 151, 5-7. Beutm. '07a, p. 640 



Cynipid. Rhodites tumidus Bass. 

 Rounded or reniform, smooth, green or brown, polythalamous enlargements 

 arising abruptly from the branch; length 35 mm, diameter 10 to 22 mm. 

 Fig. 152, 2-6. Beutm. '07a, p. 638 



Cynipid. Globular rose gall, Rhodites globuloides Beutm. 

 Rounded or elongate, smooth, with two or more transverse ridges, polythalamous, 

 abrupt twig swellings, length 14 to 18 mm, diameter 11 to 15 mm. Fig. 

 152, 7, 8. Beutm. '07a, p. 638 



Cynipid. Rhodites neglectus Gill. 

 Subfusiform, elongate, smooth or prickly twig swellings, length 14 to 54 mm, 

 diameter 7 to 18 mm. Fig. 152, 9-14. Beutm. '07a, p. 637 



Cynipid. Long rose gall, Rhodites dichlocerus Harr. 

 Elongate, slight, monothalamous twig swelhng, length 8 to 12 mm, diameter 

 2 to 4 mm. Beutm. 'ogf, p. 247 



Cynipid. Nodular twig gall, Rhodites nodulosus Beutm. 

 Globose, elongate or reniform, woody twig or leaf galls covered with a white 

 powder, diameter 4 to 15 mm. Fig. 149, 7-10. Beutm. '07a, p. 634 



Cynipid. Mealy rose gall, Rhodites ignotus O. S. 

 Similar to the preceding, brown or reddish but without the white powder, 

 diameter 5 to 15 mm. Fig. 150, 5-9. Beutm. '07a, p. 635 



Cynipid. Rhodites variabilis Bass_ 



Leaf galls 

 Lentil-shaped, monothalamous swellings showing on both leaf surfaces, transverse 

 diameter 2.5 to 3 mm, vertical diameter i to 2 mm. Fig. 148, 5, 150, 13. 

 Beutm. '07a, p. 646 



Cynipid. Rose blister gall, Rhodites rosaefolii Ckll. 



