Kinsey: Gall Wasp Genus Cynips 
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distal to areolet; galls short, with a short stalk; Q. dumosa, 
Q. durata; Lake Co. area of Calif. var. hildebrandae 
Thorax reduced, abdomen enlarged, wings short; galls short, 
the stalk hardly as long as the swollen tip; Q. garryana; 
Sierras, no. Calif., and Ore. var. teres 
Wings reduced to about 0.80 of body length; galls flattened disc- 
shaped, deep bowl-shaped, or pouch-shaped; Q. chrysolepis; Ore., 
Calif., So. Ariz. C. guadaloupensis, 8a 
8a. Abdomen smooth and without aciculation; galls disc- or pouch- 
shaped. 8b 
Abdomen with scattered aciculation on segments three to six; 
mature galls deep bowl-shaped; so. Calif, mts. 
var. patelloides 
8b. Mesopleuron with shining, naked spot dorsally; galls pouch- 
shaped; San Jacinto Mts. var. insolens 
Mesopleuron entirely punctate and hairy; galls flattened disc- 
shaped. var. guadaloupensis 
SUBGENUS BESBICUS 
9. Dorsal projections of the hypopygial spine well developed (fig. 217- 
220), but not as long as in the next. Galls on the leaf vein, petiole, 
or stem; Q. lobata, Q. Douglasii. 10 
Dorsal projections of the spine unusually long (fig. 221-224); head 
rather distinctly narrower than the thorax; galls confined to the 
leaf veins; Q. garryana, Q . dumosa, Q. durata, and forms of these 
oaks. 11 
10. Insect hardly distinguishable from the next (multipunctata), with 
never more than a very few spots in the discoidal cell; the surface 
of the gall very irregular with distorted ridges and blunt spines, 
the gall internally solid; Q. lobata; Mendocino-Lake County area 
of Calif. C. heldae 
Insect hardly distinguishable from the above (heldae), sometimes 
with numerous spots in the discoidal cell; the gall spherical, all but 
microscopically smooth, internally with compacted, sometimes solid 
masses of fibers; Q. lobata, Q. Douglasii; Great Valley of California. 
C. multipunctata, 10a 
10a. Scutellum anteriorly finely rugose, wing veins not heavy, tip 
of radius of moderate size, cubital cell not heavily spotted, the 
spots not fusing, radial cell nearly unspotted; mature galls 
brown, nearly smooth and naked; Central Calif.; on the leaves, 
petioles, and young twigs; Q. lobata. var. conspicua 
