Cynips (dugèsi) pupoides Kinsey
agamic form

Diplolepis brevipenmata err. det. Weld, 1922 (in part), Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 61 (18): 7 (Teacas record only).
Cynips dugès i var. B Kinsey, 1927, Field and Lab. Man. in Biol.: 110.
Cynips dugès i pupoides Kinsey, 1930, Ind. Univ. Studies 84-86: 284, Figs. 44, 265, 267, 279.

GALL.-Very similar to all galls of the C. dugèsi and C. bella com plexes, apparently not to be distinguished from the galls of C. (bella) congesta which occur in the same region. Mature galls rosy tan, obscurely freckled or unspotted; more or less shining; up to 23. mm., averaging near 17. mm. in diameter.

HOSTS.—Quercus grisea, Q. intricata (?), the evergreen white oaks of the area

RANGE.-Texas: Alpine, 4 W. Fort Davis. Chisos Mt. Park (Q. grisea and Q. intricata ?). Probably confined to the mountain ranges of West Texas. Figure 18.

LIFE HISTORY.—Adults: December 6, 14, 16. Most of the emergence still earlier.

The gall of pupoides is indistinguishable from the gall of Cymips congesta of the bella complex; and since the two occur in the same region, the galls cannot be assigned even to their complexes unless insects are available for study.

Atrusca pupoides (Kinsey, 1930)

Figs 438–446

Synonymy
Cynips dugesi variety pupoides Kinsey 1930: 284, female, gall.
Cynips (dugesi) pupoides (Kinsey): Kinsey 1936: 128, female, gall.
Atrusca pupoides (Kinsey): Weld 1951: 638.

Types examined

HOLOTYPE female Cynips pupoides var. dugesi “Alpine, Tex. 12.14.19, gall 12.14.19”, “Q. grisea, Kinsey coll.”, red “Cynips pupoides, Holo- Paratype”, deposited in AMNH, NYC, examined by GM.

Gall

The gall is similar to all galls of Kinsey’s bella and dugesi complexes, globular. Mature galls rosy tan, obscurely freckled or unspotted, more or less shining; up to 23 mm, averaging 17 mm in diameter.

Biology

The asexual generation is only known to induce leaf galls on Q. grisea. Galls mature in autumn; adults emerge in January–February next year.

Distribution

USA: Texas.

Cynips dugesi variety pupoides, new variety
agamic form

Cynips dugesi var. B Kinsey

GALL. — As described for the species. Apparently not to be distinguished from other varieties of dugesi nor from Cynips bella congesta which occurs in the same region. On leaves of Quercus grisea.

RANGE. — Texas: Alpine and Fort Davis (Kinsey coll.) . Probably confined to the mountain ranges of West Texas (and adjacent New Mexico and Mexico?). Figure 44.

Insects were still emerging from the galls at Alpine, Texas, on December 14 (in 1919), and two days later at Fort Davis; but most of the emergence had occurred before that date. The two short-winged varieties of dugesi, namely pupoides and brevipennata , differ in head and thoracic color, in the angle of the parapsidal grooves at the scutellum, and in details of other structural characters. Pupoides is distinctly smaller than brevipennata. The two insects nearly agree in wing length and in several points of venation; and since they approach each other in their geographic location we may consider that they represent a distinct line of evolution from dugesi and its more typical varieties. The cynipid fauna of the mountains of West Texas is usually distinct from that of New Mexico and Arizona.