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postscutellum reddish brown. Abdomen light yellowish brown 

 (dull pinkish red in life) ; ovipositor pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, 

 costa light brown. Halteres pale yellowish or whitish, legs mostly 

 yellowish brown; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the pulvilli as 

 long as the claws. Ovipositor about two-thirds the length of the 

 abdomen, the terminal lobes short, stout, narrowly rounded. Type 

 Cecid. 1070. 



Rhopalomyia audibertiae Felt 



1907 Felt, E. P. New Species of Cecidomyidae II, p. 18 



1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 299, 368 



This species was reared from a gall on Audibertia stachy- 

 o i d e s in April. 



Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae probably nearly as long as the 

 body, sparsely haired, light brown; 14 segments, the fifth with a 

 stem three-fourths the length of the basal enlargement, which latter 



Fig. 90 Rhopalomyia audibertiae; fifth antennal segment of 

 male, enlarged (original) 



has a length one-half greater than its diameter; terminal segment 

 produced, obtuse. Palpi consisting of one short, stout, irregular 

 segment. Mesonotum dark reddish brown. Scutellum reddish 

 brown. Abdomen dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa light straw. 

 Legs light straw; claws long, stout, strongly curved, the pulvilli 

 as long as the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; 

 terminal clasp segment short, greatly swollen basally; dorsal plate 

 short, broad, apparently divided; ventral plate short, broad, 

 broadly and roundly emarginate. Harpes short, stout, obliquely 

 truncate and with large, irregular teeth apically. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Antennae extending to the base of the 

 abdomen, sparsely haired, light brown; 12 segments, the fifth sessile. 



