Kinsey : Gall Wasp Genus Cynips 
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Cynips subgenus Cynips Linnaeus 
agamic and bisexual forms 
Cynips Linnaeus, 1758 (in part), Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1:553. Linnaeus, 
1789 (in part), Ent. faunae suecicae 3: 69. Westwood, 1840, Classif. 
Ins. 2:127, 131. Westwood, 1840, Generic Synop.: 56. Hartig, 1840 
(in part), Germar Ent. Zeit. 2: 185, 187. Schenck, 1865 (in part), 
Jahr. Ver. Nassau 17-18: 174, 178. Taschenberg, 1866 (in part), 
Hymen. Deutsch. : 141, 144. Rohwer and Fagan, 1917, Proc. U.S. 
Nat. Mus. 53: 364. Also of other authors. 
Diplolepis Geoffroy, 1762 (only in part), Hist. Ins. 2: 308. Latreille, 
1807, Gen. Crustac. et Insect. 4: 18. Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 1910 
(in part only), Das Tierreich 24: 342. [NOT Diplolepis Geoffroy, 
1762, whose type seems to be Cynips rosae Linnaeus, suggested by 
Karsch, 1880, Zeit. Gam. Naturh., and specifically designated by 
Rohwer and Fagan, 1917, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 53: 365.] 
Dryophanta Forster, 1869, Verh. zoo.-bot. Ges. Wien 19: 335. Mayr, 
1871, Mitteleurop. Fichengallen : 35-39. Mayr, 1881, Gen. gallenbew. 
Cynip. : 9, 12, 36. Mayr, 1882, Europ. gallenbew. Cynip.: 35. Dalla 
Torre, 1893 (in part), Cat. Hymen. 2: 48-55. Kieffer, 1901, Andre 
Hymen. Europe 7 (1): 619. Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 1902 (in 
part), Gen. Ins. Hymen. Cynip.: 52. Kieffer, 1903, Andre Hymen. 
Europe 7 (2) : 677. Also of many other authors. 
Spathegaster of authors. For bisexual forms. [NOT Hartig, 1840, 
Germar Ent. Zeit. 2: 186 = Neuroterus.'] 
FEMALE. — The cheeks slightly enlarged behind the eyes (agamic 
forms) or not enlarged (bisexual forms); antennae of moderate length, 
with 13 or (rarely) 14 segments (agamic forms), with 14 distinct seg- 
ments in bisexual forms; thorax of moderate size; parapsidal grooves 
continuous; median groove lacking; mesopleura (agamic forms) largely 
punctate and hairy, or mesopleura (bisexual forms) largely smooth and 
naked; abdomen smooth and naked except for the hairs latero-basally 
and for a microscopic pubescence on the posterior segments; hypopygial 
spine rather broad, rather drawn out at the ventral tip; tarsal claws of 
moderate weight, moderately toothed; wings always long, about 1.50 
times the body in length (in both agamic and bisexual forms); the 
second abscissa of the radius only slightly curved at a point one-third 
from the tip, the tip of the vein with or without an expansion; the 
radial cell rather long and only moderately broad; the areolet of mod- 
erate size to small; all the cells without clouded patches or spots unless 
there is a mere trace of a patch at the base of the cubital cell; length 
1.8 to 4.4 mm., the agamic insects varying from a small to a moderate 
size, the known bisexual forms of moderate size. 
MALE. — Differs from the bisexual female as described for the 
genus ( q.v.) ; the eyes a bit larger than in the female but barely ex- 
tending beyond the cheeks; antennae with 15 segments; all wing cells 
clear of spots and blotches. 
