Diastrophus rubi (Bouche, 1834)
(a gall wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiastrophus rubi (a gall wasp)
TribeDiastrophini (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 Diastrophus rubi (a gall wasp) :
1: Diastrophus rubi (a gall wasp)
16 Apr 2016 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
gall in Dewberry stem
Image 1: Gall - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Gall - white backgroundImage 3: Female - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - fore-parts - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Wings - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Diastrophus rubi (a gall wasp)
5 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Galls, wasps not emergedImage 2: Galls, wasps not emerged (2)

Diastrophus rubi (a gall wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diastrophus rubi (a gall wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Diastrophus rubi (a gall wasp)
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