The Ohio Journal of Science. Vol. XVI., No. 2 (December, 1915)Various
History
The Ohio Journal of Science. Vol. XVI., No. 2 (December, 1915)
Various
Natural history -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
Sears in his “Insect Galls of Cedar Point (Ohio) and Vicinity,”
described my number 5 under this species.
Felt, Jour. Econ. Ent. 4:456. 1911.
Felt, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 8:99. 1913.
7. =Cecidomyia= sp. =Cecidium= nov.
On leaf, under side, elongate-conic constricted somewhat at base so as
to resemble a miniature lamp chimney. Arises from saucer-like base. 5
mm. in length. Smooth, greenish-yellow to brown. Two chambered, the
larval chamber at the proximal end, sub-spherical with a dia. about
⅓ the length of the gall. The distal false chamber large, the walls
becoming thin apically. The partition separating the chambers is firm
with a minute perforation at its center. Surface of leaf opposite gall
not raised.
Collected in Hocking County, Ohio, on _H. glabra_, July.
Type specimens unaccountably missing. The description is nevertheless
presented inasmuch as both it and the drawing were made from fresh
material in the field.
8. =Cecidomyia= sp. =Cecidium= nov.
On leaf, under side, a gall similar to 7, perhaps a variety of it,
though its prominent and constant differences would indicate a distinct
species. Conic with rounded base and truncate tip, 4-6 mm. high, 3-4
mm. broad in widest part. The wall at the tip thin, splitting into a
fimbriate condition. Attached by a minute central pedicel, no trace of
a saucer-shaped structure developing around the base. Galls greenish
to red and purple tinted. Uniformly being covered with sparsely
distributed short hairs. Interiorly two chambered, the larval chamber
proximal and occupying nearly one-half of the gall. Walls including the
partition comparatively thin. Surface of leaf opposite gall slightly
raised with reddish tint.
Collected in Athens County, Ohio, on _H. alba_, August.
Type specimens at Ohio State University.
9. =Cecidomyia= sp. =Cecidium= nov.
On leaf, under side, elongate conic, asymmetric, the axis lying
horizontal or parallel with the leaf blade plane. The tip is invariably
strongly recurved upward and backward. The side of the proximal part of
the gall lying against the leaf is flattened and rests close against
the leaf and vein; the galls always spring from the side of a vein.
Size variable from 2 mm. in length to 4 mm. this measurement distally
not being made to the tip but merely to that part of the recurved
terminal portion, farthest from the base. The larger specimens measure
1½-2 mm. in width at the proximal end. Light green to nearly white, or
sometimes roseate tinged. Very smooth. Walls thin distally thickening
toward the basal end.
Not uncommon on _H. alba_ in Hocking County, Ohio, July.
Type specimens at Ohio State University.
A gall, somewhat similar and probably a variety of the above was
collected on _H. glabra_, (Fig. 9a.)
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