Andricus quercusramuli f. sexual (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a gall wasp (sexual generation))

Interactions where Andricus quercusramuli f. sexual is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus quercusramuli f. sexual/Andricus quercusramuli f. sexuala gall wasp (sexual generation)sexual larva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakslivecatkin (male)

Interactions where Andricus quercusramuli f. sexual is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
gall with inquiline larva UK/Ireland Synergus gallaepomiformis Oak-apple Inquiline Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Synergus gallaepomiformis/Synergus gallaepomiformisoak-apple inquilinelarva Animal / inquilineUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus quercusramuli f. sexual/Andricus quercusramuli f. sexuala gall wasp (sexual generation)gall larva is inquiline in gall

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

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

Author & YearTitleSource
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VIII, Part 1 (a), 81pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormAndricus quercusramuli f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation))
SpeciesAndricus quercusramuli (Cottonwool Gall - causative organism)
GenusAndricus (a genus of gall wasps)
SubfamilyCYNIPINAE (gall wasps)
FamilyCYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)
SuperfamilyCYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid 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 quercusramuli f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation)

Andricus quercusramuli 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 quercusramuli f. sexual (a gall wasp (sexual generation):

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