Diplolepis nervosa (Curtis, 1838)
(Spike Pea Gall Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiplolepis nervosa (Spike Pea Gall Wasp)
GenusDiplolepis (smooth pea gall (s.l.))
TribeDiplolepidini (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 Diplolepis nervosa (Spike Pea Gall Wasp) :
1: Diplolepis nervosa (Spike Pea Gall Wasp)
16 Sep 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
spiked pea galls on wild rose
Image 1: Dead gall and live gall - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Gall - side view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Gall - top view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Diplolepis nervosa (Spike Pea Gall Wasp)
21 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
gall on Dog Rose
Image 1: Gall on leaf undersideImage 2: Galls on leaf undersideImage 3: Galls on leaf underside (2)Image 4: Leaf undersides with galls

Diplolepis nervosa (Spike Pea Gall Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diplolepis nervosa (Spike Pea Gall Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Diplolepis nervosa (Spike Pea Gall Wasp)
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