Bassettia


Bassettia is a genus of gall wasps found in North America.

Taxonomic history

This genus was circumscribed by William Harris Ashmead in 1887. Ashmead named the genus after "Mr. H. F. Bassett, of Waterbury, Conn., who has done so much towards advancing our knowledge of these intricate Hymenopters". Two species were included in the genus's initial circumscription: B. floridana, described in the same work, and B. tenuicornis. Bassett had described the latter species in 1881, placing it in the genus Cynips.
Ashmead later designated B. floridana as the genus's type species.

Species

A 2007 revision of the genus by G. Melika and W. G. Abrahamson recognizes the following eight species in this genus:Bassettia archboldi — FloridaBassettia floridana — Connecticut, FloridaBassettia gemmae — Missouri, Illinois, District of ColumbiaBassettia ligni — California, OregonBassettia pallida — Georgia, FloridaBassettia tenuana — New MexicoBassettia virginiana — VirginiaBassettia weldi — Arizona
Subsequent changes include the addition of:Bassettia caulicola — Panama

Former species

Melika and Abrahamson transferred or restored these species from Bassettia to Callirhytis in 2002. They had been included in Weld's 1951 taxonomy of Bassettia.Callirhytis aquaticae Callirhytis ceropteroides Callirhytis herberti