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ccc Abdomen yellowish brown; scutellum fuscous yellowish; legs yel- 
lowish brown; bred from fruitlike enlargement of prickly pear 
arizonensis Felt, C 857 
SCHIZOMYIA [ieff. 
Antennae consisting of 14 cylindric, sessile or subsessile seg- 
ments, those of the male slightly shortened 
distally and each with remarkably stout, ele- 
vated, strongly convolute circumfili. Palpi 
with four segments. The basal clasp segment 
of the male genitalia projects well beyond the 
insertion of the terminal clasp segment, which 
latter bears apically a more or less distinct 
chitinous tooth. Female with the segments 
distally greatly shortened as in Asphondylia, 
the circumfili nearly the same as in Asphon- 
dylia. Ovipositor with a distinct fleshy basal 
portion, tapering distally and bearing the char-_ 
acteristic aciculate organ of Asphondylia; the 
dorsal basal pouch absent, the ventral sclerite 
fe ee ee of the seventh segment more or less strongly 
altifila Pelt, 6than- chitinized and somewhat characteristic of this 
tennal segment of male, - 
much enlarged. (Orig- cenus. 
inal) Ss 
Fig. 46 Schizomyia rubi Felt, side view of |! abdomen, showing the long oviposito 
and characteristic ventral plate, enlarged. (Original) 
Key to species 
a Abdomen dark brown 
b Wings rather large, narrow 
c Scutellum reddish, 5th antennal segment with a length four times 
‘its diameter, the 4th palpal segment % longer than the 3d, 
female; taken on viburnum blossoms..viburni n. sp., C. 1212 
cc Scutellum fuscous yellowish, 5th antennal segment with a length 
six times its diameter, the 4th palpal segment twice the length 
of the 3d, female; bred from long, conic leaf gall on hickory.. 
OBLirsy a) OC OIE) teh Gor, (Co aistoa 
aa Abdomen reddish brown 
b Wanesusmallsinarnrow ss Or bile ctetaygacieer tien rare ra rey ee corneas 
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