Hormomyia caudata new species

... reared ... from what were evidently modified buds or shoots of a sedge, probably Cyperus ... The galls were found at the very base of the plant and [in mid- to late April] contained both larvae and pupae ...

GALL. Somewhat cylindrical, fleshy-walled, monothalamous, length 4 to 5 mm., diameter approximately half the length. The walls become thin upon maturity and rupture at the upper end, thus affording an opening for the escape of the pupa.

From unspecified shoot gall at base of plant ... Planetella caudata (Felt)

Host: The plant host was only tentatively identified as a Cyperus. Distr.: Tennessee.