Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Geoffroy in Fourcroy,1785)
(Silk-button Causer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer)
SpeciesNeuroterus numismalis (Silk Button 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 numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer) :
1: Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer)
13 Mar 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Agamic female, at fluorescent light sheet
Image 1: Agamic female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Agamic female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Agamic female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Agamic female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Agamic female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Agamic female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Agamic female - head (dorsal view) and dorsum (antero-dorsal view) - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Agamic female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Agamic female - jaw, clypeus and genae - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Agamic female - propodeum - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Agamic female - scutellum and propodeum - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Agamic female - ventral spine - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Agamic female - ventral spine - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)
2: Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer)
4 Oct 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Agamic galls on fading leaves of Quercus robur
Image 1: Silk Button Galls - on leaf undersideImage 2: Silk Button Galls - on leaf underside - close-upImage 3: Silk Button Gall - close-up - magnifiedImage 4: Silk Button Gall - section - magnified
3: Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer)
13 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Agamic Silk Button Galls on leaves of Quercus robur
Image 1: Agamic Silk Button Galls on underside of Oak leaf
4: Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer)
10 Sep 1976 OSGR: NZ80 54° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
Agamic generation - Silk Button Galls on Oak
Image 1: Silk Button Galls - in situ (wet) - enlarged

Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic (Silk-button Causer)
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