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Complex III. Gigantea 



24. Eurytoma californica Ashmead 



Map 11 



Eurytoma californica Ashmead, 1887, p. 195. — Peck, 1951, p. 575. 



Types: U.S. National Museum, no, 25509; type series consists of 

 4 females and 2 males of which I have labelled and designated 1 

 female as lectotype. 



Type locality: Los Angeles, Calif. 



Distribution: United States: California, Washington. 



Host: CaUirhytis pomiformis (Ashmead) (Ashmead, 1887). Andri- 

 cus californicus Ashmead on Quercus lobata (specimens in U.S. Na- 

 tional Museum collection). Disholcaspis corallina (Bassett) on Q. 

 douglasii (specimens in U.S. National Museum collection). D. 

 washingtonensis (Gillette) on Q. douglasii (specimens in U.S. Na- 

 tional Museum collection). D. plumbella Kinsey, Bugbee collection, 

 Meadville, Pa. 



Remarks: Eurytoma californica Ashmead is closest to E. auriceps 

 and seems to be the west coast equivalent of the latter species. There 

 is a question as to whether it should be considered as a species distinct 

 from E. auriceps. If additional material was available from Oregon 

 and Washington as well as east of the Sierras, E. auriceps and E. 

 californica might grade into each other. The material from Seattle, 

 Washington runs smaller and some of the specimens lack the black 

 splotches on the femora and the tibiae of the legs which are more typical 

 of E. auriceps. 



The presence of black infuscation on the legs of most specimens, 

 shallow propodeum occupied by the wide median furrow, the heavier, 

 stouter marginal vein, and the heavier, more extensive sculpturing on 

 the sixth abdominal segment can be used to distinguish E. californica 

 from E. auriceps. 



25. Eurytoma gigantea Walsh 



Figure 7; Map 11 



Eurytoma gigantea Walsh, 1870, p. 300.— Ashmead, 1881b, p. 30; 1887, p. 194.— 

 Fyles, 1894, pp. 120-122.— Hughes, 1934, pp. 119-122.— Gahan, 1934, 

 pp. 116-117 (wrongly credits name to Ashmead). — Uhler, 1951, pp. 41, 42. — 

 Peck, 1951, p. 576.— Judd, 1953, pp. 295-296.— MUler, 1959b, pp. 246-251. 



Types: 2 females captm-ed at large (Walsh, 1870). The two original 

 specimens have been lost. Neotypes: Neotype female emerged June 

 10, 1934 from a gall of Eurosta solidaginis, collected on Nov. 28, 

 1933 on Solidago, Bugbee collected and determined. Paratype series 



