Review Of The Nearctic Gallwasp Species Of The Genus Bassettia Ashmead, 1887, With Description Of New Species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) Author Melika, G Author Abrahamson, WG text Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2007 2007-05-31 53 2 131 148 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12585553 2064-2474 12585553 Bassettia pallida ASHMEAD , 1896 ( Figs 1–2, 6 , 21–22 ) Bassettia pallida ASHMEAD 1896: 128 . Female. Type material examined – Holotype female “Savannah, Ga, Apr. 15.84”, red “Type No 3083, USNM ”, handwritten “ Bassettia pallida Ashm ”. Other material examined – 26 females : 16 with “Q. virginiana ”, “Mahogany, Fl.”, 10 with “ Florida , Broward Co. , Fl. Lauderdale 2.II.1983 , Q. virginiana . Collected by F. M. Howard ” (in the USNM ) ; 26 females collected at the Archbold Biological Station , Highlands Co. , Florida (from CNCI and SPL ) . Diagnosis – Similar to B. virginiana , however, the notauli complete, mesosoma and head are brown. In B. virginiana , notauli are incomplete, very weak, present in the posterior 1/3 of the mesoscutum only; mesosoma and head are black. Also similar to B. floridana (see Diagnosis for B. floridana ). Biology – Only the asexual generation is known which induces stem galls with cells hidden under the bark of Q. geminata SMALL and Q. virginiana MILL . Adults emerge in April in Georgia ( WELD 1959 ) and in March in Florida. Distribution – USA : Georgia ( ASHMEAD 1896 ), Florida ( WELD 1951 , 1959 ; Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Highlands Co.).