Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
SpeciesNeuroterus quercusbaccarum (Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Currant 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 quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer) :
1: Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
6 May 2018 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
currant galls on male flowers of Oak
Image 1: Currant galls on male catkins - dark backgroundImage 2: Currant gall - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Currant gall - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings closed - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - dorsal view - wings open - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - dorso-lateral view - wings down - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - head and antennal bases - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - head and antennal bases - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - hypopygeal spine - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum and propodeum - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
15 May 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at light, after dark
Image 1: Male - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head, thorax, metasoma - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head, antennae and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 12: Male - hind-parts - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 13: Male - metasoma - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 14: Male - propodeum - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 15: Male - scutellum and propodeum - posterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 16: Male - thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 17: Male - wings - microscope low magnification - white background
3: Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
10 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Currant (sexual) Galls on Oak leaves
Image 1: Currant Gall - LSImage 2: Currant Galls on underside of leaves - close-upImage 3: Currant Galls on undersides of leavesImage 4: Top of leaf above Currant GallImage 5: Top of leaf above Currant Galls
4: Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
10 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Currant (sexual) Galls on Oak male catkins
Image 1: Currant Galls - close-upImage 2: Currant Galls - LSImage 3: Currant Galls on male catkinsImage 4: Currant Galls on male catkins (2)Image 5: Currant Galls on male catkins (3)Image 6: Currant Galls on male catkins - close-up
5: Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
25 May 1969 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Sexual generation - Currant Gall on fading male catkins on Oak
Image 1: Currant galls on male flowersImage 2: Currant galls on male flowers - close-up

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual (Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer)
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