Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual (Burgsdorf, 1783)
(a gall wasp (sexual generation))

Interactions where Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
sexual larva sexual larva causes gall of live catkin (male) Quercus cerris Turkey Oak Fagales: Fagaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual/Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexuala gall wasp (sexual generation)sexual larva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus cerris/Quercus cerrisTurkey oaklivecatkin (male)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormAndricus quercuscalicis f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation))
SpeciesAndricus quercuscalicis (Knopper Gall Wasp, Acorn Cup Gall Wasp)
GenusAndricus (a genus of 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation)

Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Andricus quercuscalicis f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation):

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