CYNIPIDAE Latreille, 1802
(gall wasps etc)

Interactions where CYNIPIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Sycophila binotata a eurytomid wasp Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae), Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eurytomidae/Sycophila binotata/Sycophila binotataa eurytomid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Cynipidaegall wasps etclarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
gall (weathered) weathered gall may attract egg UK/IrelandMinor Fidiobia hispanica a platygastrid wasp Hymenoptera: Platygastridae Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae), Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Platygastridae/Fidiobia hispanica/Fidiobia hispanicaa platygastrid waspegg Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Cynipidaegall wasps etcweatheredgallMinor egg is associated with weathered gall
gall (weathered) weathered gall may attract larva UK/IrelandMinor Fidiobia hispanica a platygastrid wasp Hymenoptera: Platygastridae Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae), Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Platygastridae/Fidiobia hispanica/Fidiobia hispanicaa platygastrid wasplarva Animal / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Cynipidaegall wasps etcweatheredgallMinor larva is associated with weathered gall

Author & YearTitleSource
Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae)European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 99: 1-20.

CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Tribe 9 subtaxa 79 trophisms
Tribe 2 subtaxa 16 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 16 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 11 trophisms 2 references
Tribe 57 subtaxa 168 trophisms 19 references
Tribe 6 subtaxa 28 trophisms 1 references
Tribe 5 subtaxa 20 trophisms 6 references
Tribe 7 subtaxa 55 trophisms
Tribe 16 subtaxa 92 trophisms 4 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cameron, P. 1882 *** A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera (Tenthredo, Sirex and Cynips, Linne.) ***(Superseded) Vols 59, 62, 67 & 70., 340+233+?+274pp, The Ray Society, London
Ellis, W.N. Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi bladmineerders.nl

Key To Genera

Hackston, M. Family Cynipidae key to British genera

Key To Larvae

Askew, R.R. 1984 The biology of gall wasps Askew, R.R., 1984. The biology of gall wasps, 49pp, The Biology of Gall Insects

Oak Galls

Connold, E.T. 1908 *** British oak galls ***(Superseded) Adlard and son

Plant Galls

Anon. British Galls

CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pujade-Villar, J., Bellido, D., SegĂș, G. & Melika, D. 1999 Current state of knowledge of heterogony in Cynipidae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea) Ses. Entom. ICHN-SCL Vol 11: 87-107.
Stone, G.N., Schonrogge, K., Atkinson, R.J., Bellido, D. & Pujade-Villar, J. 2002 The population biology of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Annu. Rev. Entomol. Vol 47: 633-668.

Emergence Times

Askew, R.R. 1984 The biology of gall wasps Askew, R.R., 1984. The biology of gall wasps, 49pp, The Biology of Gall Insects

Oak Gall Inhabitants

Askew, R.R. 1961 On the biology of the inhabitants of oak galls of Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) in Britain Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 14 (11): 237-268.

Pathology

Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L. 2006 Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic Zootaxa 1301.

Plant Galls

Anon. British Plant Gall Society www.british-galls.org.uk

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 425 images of CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)
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