Aulacidea hieracii (Bouche, 1834)
(Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAulacidea hieracii (Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp)
GenusAulacidea (a genus of gall wasps)
TribeAulacideini (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 Aulacidea hieracii (Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp) :
1: Aulacidea hieracii (Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp)
30 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Sexual galls in stems in stand of *Hieracium umbellatum* at roadside
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Larva from gall - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Larva from gall - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Larva from gall - ventral view - magnified - silver background (2)Image 6: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - dorsal view - wings together - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head, antennal bases and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - scutellum and propodeum - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Female - scutellum, propodeum and metasoma base - postero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 18: Male - head, antennal bases and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 19: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Aulacidea hieracii (Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp)
19 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
many multiply-galled stems in stand of *Hieracium umbellatum* at roadside
Image 1: Galls on host stem - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Galls on host stem - close-up - white background (2)Image 3: Galls on host stem - close-up - white background (3)Image 4: Gall - TS showing cynipid larvae - white backgroundImage 5: Large gall - close-up - white backgroundImage 6: Multiple galls on host stem - white backgroundImage 7: Multiple galls on host stem - white background (2)Image 8: Predated gall - close-up - white backgroundImage 9: Gall - TS showing cynipid larvae - enlarged - white background

Aulacidea hieracii (Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aulacidea hieracii (Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aulacidea hieracii (Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)