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''Bassettia'' is a genus of
gall wasp Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this gene ...
s found in North America.


Taxonomic history

This genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle. * Circum ...
by
William Harris Ashmead William Harris Ashmead was an American entomologist born on 19 September 1855 at Philadelphia. He died 17 October 1908 at Washington D.C. After his studies in Philadelphia, Ashmead worked for the publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co. Later, he settled ...
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 ''Cynips'' is a genus of gall wasps in the tribe Cynipini, the oak gall wasps. One of the best known is the common oak gall wasp (''Cynips quercusfolii''), which induces characteristic spherical galls about two centimeters wide on the undersides ...
''. Ashmead later designated ''B. floridana'' as the genus's
type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
.


Species

A 2007 revision of the genus by G. Melika and W. G. Abrahamson recognizes the following eight species in this genus: * ''
Bassettia archboldi ''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 ...
'' — Florida * '' Bassettia floridana'' — Connecticut, Florida * ''
Bassettia gemmae ''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 ...
'' — Missouri, Illinois, District of Columbia * '' Bassettia ligni'' — California, Oregon * ''
Bassettia pallida ''Bassettia pallida'' is a species of gall wasp found in the Southern United States. This species was described by American entomologist William Harris Ashmead in 1896. ''B. pallida'' reproduces asexually in galls it induces on oak trees. The ...
'' — Georgia, Florida * ''
Bassettia tenuana ''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 ...
'' — New Mexico * ''
Bassettia virginiana ''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 ...
'' — Virginia * ''
Bassettia weldi ''Bassettia'' is a genus of gall wasps found in North America. Taxonomic history This genus was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by William Harris Ashmead in 1887. Ashmead named the genus after "Mr. Homer Franklin Bassett, H. F. Bassett ...
'' — Arizona Subsequent changes include the addition of: * ''
Bassettia caulicola ''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 ...
'' — Panama


Former species

Melika and Abrahamson transferred or restored these species from ''Bassettia'' to ''
Callirhytis ''Callirhytis'' is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 90 described species in ''Callirhytis''. Wasps in this genus primarily induce wasps on oak trees in North America. Species The following species are recognised ...
'' in 2002. They had been included in Weld's 1951 taxonomy of ''Bassettia''. * ''
Callirhytis aquaticae ''Callirhytis'' is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 90 described species in ''Callirhytis''. Wasps in this genus primarily induce wasps on oak trees in North America. Species The following species are recognised ...
'' * ''
Callirhytis ceropteroides ''Callirhytis'' is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 90 described species in ''Callirhytis''. Wasps in this genus primarily induce wasps on oak trees in North America. Species The following species are recognised ...
'' * ''
Callirhytis herberti ''Callirhytis'' is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 90 described species in ''Callirhytis''. Wasps in this genus primarily induce wasps on oak trees in North America. Species The following species are recognised ...
'' * ''
Callirhytis quercuscatesbaei ''Callirhytis'' is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 90 described species in ''Callirhytis''. Wasps in this genus primarily induce wasps on oak trees in North America. Species The following species are recognised ...
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Further reading

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