Kinsey: Gall Wasp Genus Cynips 
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Face of agamic insects laterally and abdomen basally very 
dark rufous, piceous or black; bisexual forms unknown. 
19g 
19e. Agamic form with first four or five antennal segments brown 
rufous, head and thorax with a bright red rufous; Q. Gambelii; 
Colo. var. cincturata 
Agamic form with never more than the first two antennal seg- 
ments rufous or rufo-piceous; Q. alba, Q. macrocarpa; Iowa to 
Maine and Ga. 19f 
19f. Agamic form with rufous areas bright, mesopleuron and meta- 
pleuron almost entirely black, mesonotum naked, only finely 
roughened; agamic gall nearly spherical and only bristly; 
Cumberland Highlands and so. Appalachians, var. advena 
Agamic form with rufous areas rather dark, mesopleuron with 
bright rufous center, mesonotum naked to (more often) quite 
hairy, usually more roughened; galls naked to well spiny; 
Iowa to Maine and Virginia. var. erinacei 
19g. Antennae basally and abdomen basally piceous to black, me- 
sonotum very dark rufous to piceous, insects of moderate 
length (2.0 to 3.5 mm.); Ozark areas of Ark. to 111. 
var. ozark 
Antennae basally dark brown, abdomen basally piceous to 
black, mesonotum dark rufous to entirely black, small insects 
(1.5 to 3.0 mm.); sub-Canadian areas in Northeast and Ap- 
palachians. var. wheeleri 
20. Wings (if full length) with two, more or less distinct patches in 
apical half of cubital cell; or wings half-length or shorter; galls 
naked or with a spiny coating, or with a thinly tangled coating. 
21 
Wings always full length, with smoky patches in cubital cell more 
or less fused (less so in Mexican var. incompta ) , wings always full 
length; galls with dense, woolly coating. C. nubila, 20a 
20a. Abdomen sparsely hairy on sides of all segments; mesonotum 
coriaceous between punctation; parapsidal grooves obsolete 
anteriorly; gall russet or purple in color; live oaks, Ariz. 
20b 
Abdomen hairy only on second segment, mesonotum smooth 
between punctation, parapsidal grooves continuous; gall golden 
yellow; live oaks in Central Mexico. var. incompta 
20b. Insect same as var. russa; galls wine-purple; Ariz. so. of 
Tucson. var. nubila 
Insect same as var. nubila; galls apricot to yellowish-russet; 
Ariz. no. of Tucson. var. russa 
