Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead, 1900)
(Eucalyptus Gall Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOphelimus maskelli (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp)
FamilyEULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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 Ophelimus maskelli (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp) :
1: Ophelimus maskelli (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp)
4 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
galls on fallen leaves
Image 1: Galls on dead, fallen, leaves - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Badmin, J. 2008 Spread of Ophelimus ?maskelli Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in south-east England Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 21: 147.
Mifsud, D. 2012 Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle, 2004 and Ophelimus maskelli Haliday, 1844 - two new records of gall forming Eulophidae from Malta (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) Bull. Ent. Soc. Malta Vol 5: 189-193.
RHS Eucalyptus gall wasp www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=742
Spooner, B. Some gall-causing Eulophidae (hymenoptera), with new host and locality records for Ophelimus ?maskelli. .

Ophelimus maskelli (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ophelimus maskelli (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ophelimus maskelli (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp)
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