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margin at or very near the apex of the wing. The type is 

 Cecidomyia viminalis Westw. a species Kieffer considers 

 identical with R. s a 1 i c i s Shrnk. 



Fig. 14 Rhabdophaga species, showing the general characteristics 

 of the genus (enlarged, original) 



Key to species 



a 14 antennal segments 



b Segments sessile; abdomen reddish brown; claws rather stout. 



Reared apparently from a Rigidae gall 



sodalitatis Felt, ai074b 

 aa 15 to 17 antennal segments 



b Females ; antennae short, segments sessile 



c Third vein uniting with the costa at the apex; the ovipositor 

 shorter than the body 



