Neuroterus albipes f. agamic (Schenck, 1863)
(Smooth-spangle Causer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormNeuroterus albipes f. agamic (Smooth-spangle Causer)
SpeciesNeuroterus albipes (Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp)
GenusNeuroterus (spangle 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 Neuroterus albipes f. agamic (Smooth-spangle Causer) :
1: Neuroterus albipes f. agamic (Smooth-spangle Causer)
4 Oct 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Agamic galls on leaves of Quercus robur
Image 1: Smooth Spangle Galls - on leaf undersideImage 2: Smooth Spangle Gall - oblique view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Smooth Spangle Gall - pink form - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Smooth Spangle Gall - pink form - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Smooth Spangle Gall - pink form - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Smooth Spangle Gall - section - magnifiedImage 7: Smooth Spangle Galls - on leaf underside - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Smooth Spangle Galls - on leaf underside - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Smooth Spangle Gall - very cupped specimen - close-up - highly enlarged
2: Neuroterus albipes f. agamic (Smooth-spangle Causer)
13 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Agamic galls on leaves of Quercus robur
Image 1: Agamic Smooth Spangle Galls on underside of Oak leaves

Neuroterus albipes f. agamic (Smooth-spangle Causer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Neuroterus albipes f. agamic (Smooth-spangle Causer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Neuroterus albipes f. agamic (Smooth-spangle Causer)
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