Callirhytis herberti ( WELD, 1926 )

Melika, G & Abrahamson, WG, 2007, Review Of The Nearctic Gallwasp Species Of The Genus Bassettia Ashmead, 1887, With Description Of New Species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (2), pp. 131-148 : 145

Callirhytis herberti ( WELD, 1926)

Eumayria herberti WELD 1926: 108 . Female, gall.

Bassettia herberti : WELD 1951: 644.

Type material examined – Holotype female and 39 paratype females “ Eumayria herberti Weld. ”, red “ Paratype, No. 27223, USNM ”, “F. R. Herbert Coll.”, “Q. kellogi”, “Placerville Cal., May.27.18.” Holotype female with red “Type No. 27223 USNM ”. In the USNM. Four paratype females with the above labels are deposited in the AMNH .

Other material examined – 9 females: 3 with “F. R. Herbert Coll.”, “Placerville, Cal.”, “Q. californica”, “Reared, May. 21.18”, “Hopk. US 13687d”; 1 with “ H. S. Barber Coll. ”, “Bair”s Rch, Redwd Crk”, “Humboldt Coll. 36. Cal.”; 1 with “Los Gatos, Calif.”, “Q. agrifolia”, “Reared, May. 24.18”, “Hopk. US 15608a”; 4 with “Sta Cruz, Mts. Ca. ” In the USNM .

Biology – Only the asexual generation is known which induces stem galls on Q. agrifolia NEE, Q. kelloggii NEWB., Q. wislizeni. Adults emerge in May–June ( WELD 1926).

Distribution – USA: California (Placerville, Los Gatos, Sequoia National Park) ( WELD 1926).