Andricus curvator f. agamic Hartig, 1840
(Collared-bud Gall Causer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormAndricus curvator f. agamic (Collared-bud Gall Causer)
SpeciesAndricus curvator (a gall wasp)
GenusAndricus (a genus of gall wasps)
TribeCynipini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
FamilyCYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)
SuperfamilyCYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Andricus curvator f. agamic (Collared-bud Gall Causer) :
1: Andricus curvator f. agamic (Collared-bud Gall Causer)
14 Apr 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Agamic female, at fluorescent mothing sheet after dark
Image 1: Agamic female - fore-wing - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Agamic female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Agamic female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Agamic female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Agamic female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 6: Agamic female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Agamic female - head, thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Agamic female - hypopygeal spine over ovipositor base - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Andricus curvator f. agamic (Collared-bud Gall Causer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Andricus curvator f. agamic (Collared-bud Gall Causer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Andricus curvator f. agamic (Collared-bud Gall Causer)
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