The species of Biorhiza, Philonix and allied genera, and their galls, Beutenmuller

59.57.920 Article XVDI.- THE SPECIES OF PHILONIX AND A "f\fD THEIR GALLS ALLIED By WILLIAM BEUTENMULLER PLATES XLI-XLIII This paper constitutes the fifth installment of a series of papers on North American and their which have been me in this volume of the Bulletin The first on second on H Gllcas'{)'I8, the third on and the fourth on The Parateras and of are appearance rt"semble ants belonlging small ant-like creaturt"s, and in Crlmul8wfgculreror Doliehoderus are kno'wn the females possiblly may be generatiOIls with ruclimentary or forms of some other bisexual and other genera Ph,!.101ll1X, Zo:pht~rol'erQ'8, xY81~otera8 and Parareras are va'me.lv distim·t from Biorhiza SYflOPftic table of these genera was , Vol pages 148-150 W H Ashmead in Biorhiza JVeahmod Biorhiza WESTWOOD, Intro Class Ins., Vol II, 1840, p.56; MAYR, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 31; CRESSON, N Am., 1887, p 26; AsHMEAD, Vol 1903, p 149 Teras HARTIG, Zeitsch fur Ent., Vol II, 1840, p 185; MAYR, Gen Gallenb Fam 1881, p 31; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins 1002, p 56 •4]lOp.hyllus HARTIG, eitsch fUr Vol 1840, p 185; MAYa, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 31; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1002, p 56 Nox Ins N Y Trans K Y Agricul Soc., 1858 Biarhiza FITCH, 5th (1859), p 781 1869, p 331; DryoterGS FORSTER, Verh zool.-bot Gesell Wien, Vol MAYR, Gen Gallenb 1881, p 31; DALLA TORRE and KIEI"FER, Gen Ins 1902, p 56 •- n"''''' Fam Biorrhiza DALLA TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 59; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56 Splu1'1'oierasAsHMEAD, Vol VIII, 1897, p 67; wili Vol 1903, p 150; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fum 1902, p 56 XanlMteras ASHlIEAD, Can Ent., Vol XXIX, 1897, p 262; Vol X, 1903, p 149; DALLA TORRE and KIEFFEIl, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56 Phylloteras ASHMEAD, Psyche, Vol VIII, 1897, p 67; ibid., Vol X, 1903, p 149 243 244 Bulletin A.merican Jfu.~eum 0/ Natural £H.~wrll Female Head with a between the antenna! Antennre stout, third than the seven to fourteen stouter than the second to sixth Tarsi shorter than or as long as the tibire grooves present Scutellum rounded and without distinct fovere Claws with or without a tooth within aptera Bose Biorhiza forticomis Cynips querclI-llllapeld, second obllonlll:-o·vate third as and second fourth all the third, rernainirlg rather short Thorax very smooth and Scutellum minute, short and without fovere brownish black, tarsi brownish 1.75 mm GaU Unknol\"ll Habitat: Missouri (Wash.ington Cn'IInl,v), of Philonix The smallest known The are in the American Philonix fulvicolJis Fitch Nox Ins N Y (Trans N Y Soc., Phikll~ixfu,l1-U:·OUlf./i!FITCH, 5th 1858 (1859), p 783); OSTEN SACKEN, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol IV, 1865, p 333; Vol 1903, p 143 AsHMEAD, Teras OSTEN SACREN, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol IV, 186.5, p 379 BfA:lThizaj11hicoljtis AsHMEAD, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XII, 1885, p 296 Biorrhiza Vol II, 1893, p 60; DALLA DALLA TORRE, Cat TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins Fam 1902, p 56 AC1('or,dm.p; to Fitch this measures 13 to 15 of an inch 3.25 and is black with the thorax with the scutellum , and the dull yellow'ish with the knees and of a black to tlll"ir bases The thorax when shows a broad black on its fore on each side of which is a small oval black forward of the and further down upon each trilmll;ublr black The insect is found in the latter and the of December Philonix nigriccillis Fitch Philonix nigricollis FITCH, 5th Nox Ins N Y (TfllllS N Y Agricul 1l::l.~8 (1859), p 783); OSTEX SACKEX, Proc Ent ::.ioc Phila., Vol IV, 1865, p 353 (Tera.~) nigricollis O"'TE:.r SACKE:.r, Proc Ent Soc Phila., Vol IV, 1865, p.379 Biorhiza nigricollis ASHMEAD, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XII, 1885, p 296 Biorrhiza nigricollis DALLA Cat Vol II, 1893, p 61; DALLA TORRE and KIEFn:R, ("'n Ins 1902, p 56 is smaller than P less than and is black with the basal third of the antellnre and obseure yplllo1"'i~,h brown and the scutellum The imwf sides of the art' The emmot bt~ idelltifit'd from the bri('f desCI'ipt:ioll Fiteh states that this 12 of an ineh in (3 oj B£orhiza and Allied Genera Zollhel~ten.s 255 Ashmead Vol 1897, p 261; ZOP~lI'"Ol'erG18 AsHMEAD, Can Ent., Vol 1903, p 148 Fam 1902, Trigo1laspi:a DALLA TORRE and KIEFFER, Gen Ins p.56 Allied to Philonix Scutellum rounded or semicircular, rounded off pO~iterior!ly and from the thorax a delicate line Antennre H··jOILntea, as or as as the fourth and fifth united, sixth to a little more than twice as as thick Head and thorax Claws of hind tarsi without a tooth •4crlUlpi8 'i'aCcinii Ashmead ZoI,hel~teir&S vaecinii (A.Y!l'Il'I4"Ul'l) Acraspi:a 'i'aCcinii ASHMEAD, Trans Am Ent Soc., Vol XIV, 1887, pp 127, 136; DALLA TORRE, Cat Vol II, 1893, p 64 Zoph.eroumas 1JaPhilonix pezomachoides (0 erinacei sp nov echini (Ashm.) " pri1lfrid('.~ ~.) (Beuten.) 1:'1, Philonix 10 II I:?, la /'i[[OSCl (Gill.) hir/a (Bass.) ma('rocarJla' (Buss.) nigra (GilL) Digitized by Google ... with the head and thorax dark reddish brown The abundant on the leaves of IS beeome detaehed and may be found on the trees The emt'r~es the summer The of is with Prof C P Gillette and the of A... (Ontario) allied to Phi/01~ix 1uaerocurpa! Basst'tt carpa! are in the American :'Museum of Natural The of A macroand the Ameriean and the of A umllllata are with Prof C P Gillette and the Ameriean... rorcmea) the flies The the leaves I remember ~ew me and Prof Gillette's in numI haw taken the on the undersides of the but did not suceeed in and is detached from Oetoher and ~ovember If in ~('W and