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13. Male with eyes not much enlarged, the third antennal 
segment not longer than in the female, only half again 
as long as the fourth; stem galls with distinct swellings. 
14 
Male with eyes distinctly enlarged; the third antennal 
segment distinctly longer than in the female, more than 
half again as long as the fourth; mostly leaf galls, in 
some cases slight stem or ament swellings, or anther or 
cupule cells. 15 
14. Mesonotum and mesopleurse mostly (not wholly) smooth ; 
female mostly brown and yellow ; tarsal claws very weakly 
toothed ; radial cell shortened ; male with the third 
antennal segment distinctly curved ; the galls are irregular 
stem swellings at the crowns ; Texas ; on Q. hreviloba. 
N. contortus 
Mesonotum and mesopleurse finely roughened ; female 
mostly black; tarsal claws simple; radial cell elongate; 
male with the third antennal segment only slightly 
curved; the galls are more or less woody swellings on 
upper stems; eastern North America. N. batatiis 
a. Antennse brownish yellow basally; thorax broader 
than the head ; areolet moderately large ; northeastern 
U.S. ; on Q. alba. var. batatus 
b. Antennae golden yellow basally; thorax as broad as 
the head, areolet moderately small ; northeastern U.S. ; 
on Q. bicolor. var. noxiosus 
c. Areolet about closed ; eastern Texas ; on Q. stellata. 
var. obtusiiobae 
d. Antennse straw yellow basally; thorax as wide as 
head ; areolet moderately small ; northeastern U.S. ; 
on Q. Prinus. var. print 
15. Third antennal segment of female half again or a little 
more than half again as long as the fourth; in the male 
only moderately curved; galls polymorphic, on various 
plant tissues. 16 
Third antennal segment of female about twice as long as 
the fourth; in the male considerably curved; galls are 
leaf swellings. 17 
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