Andricus kollari f. agamic (Hartig, 1843)
(Marble Gall Causer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormAndricus kollari f. agamic (Marble Gall Causer)
SpeciesAndricus kollari (Oak Marble 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 kollari f. agamic (Marble Gall Causer) :
1: Andricus kollari f. agamic (Marble Gall Causer)
31 Aug 2017 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
14 Marble Galls, on Oak twigs
Image 1: Agamic female and emergence hole (to same scale) - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Agamic female - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Agamic female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Agamic female - emergence hole - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Agamic female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Agamic female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Agamic female - posterior view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Agamic female - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Agamic female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Agamic female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Wings - highly enlargedImage 12: Agamic female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Agamic female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Andricus kollari f. agamic (Marble Gall Causer)
5 Aug 1968 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Agamic generation - Young Marble Gall on oak twig
Image 1: Marble Gall - close-up

Andricus kollari f. agamic (Marble 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 kollari f. agamic (Marble Gall Causer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Andricus kollari f. agamic (Marble Gall Causer)
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