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Diplolepis quercus-f olii err. det. Houard, 1922, Zoocecid. Afrique, etc. 
1:130, 133? 
[NOT Cynips Quercus folii Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1:553 
($,©).] 
[NOT Diplolepis quercus Fourcroy, 1785, Ent. Paris: 391 (9,0) (acc. 
Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 1910, Das Tierreich 24:351).] 
FEMALE. — Whole body with more bright rufous than in the other 
varieties, the mesonotum entirely punctate and hairy but less heavily 
so than in folii; the anterior parallel and lateral lines fairly prominent; 
the scutellum distinctly smoother anteriorly than posteriorly; the foveal 
groove largely smooth at bottom; the mesopleuron entirely punctate 
and rugose; the tip of the second abscissa of the radius usually triangu- 
late or bent; the length 3.0 to 4.4 mm. (acc. Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 
1910), averaging nearer 3.8 mm. Figure 95. 
FIG. 16. MEDITERRANEAN VARIETIES OF CYNIPS FOLII 
Possible extensions of known ranges shown by shading. 
GALL. — Perhaps not as soft as the dried gall of folii; smaller, up 
to 10. mm. in diameter, quite regular in shape, rarely becoming dis- 
torted in drying, always smooth and naked, usually yellowish brown to 
light reddish brown in color, sometimes tinted with rose and irregularly 
marked with reddish spots, not becoming much darker when old or 
dried. On the leaves of (usually) Quercus pubescens. Also recorded 
from Q. humilis prasina (acc. Tavares 1902), Q. lusitanica mirbecki (acc. 
Houard 1922), Q. lusitanica broteri (acc. Tavares 1902), Q. lusitanica 
faginea (acc. Tavares 1902), Q. pseudo-suber (Kieffer acc. Houard 1908), 
Q. toza (acc. Tavares 1902), Q. macranthera (Rubsaamen acc. Houard 
1908), and Q. conferta (Paszlavszky acc. Houard 1908), some of these 
records probably representing distinct varieties. Figures 136, 137. 
