Andricus testaceipes f. agamic Hartig, 1840
(Red Barnacle-gall Causer)

Interactions where Andricus testaceipes f. agamic 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
agamic larva agamic larva causes gall of live bark (<1m up) of sapling (especially) Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus testaceipes f. agamic/Andricus testaceipes f. agamicred barnacle-gall causeragamic larva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoakslivebark (<1m up)sapling (especially)

Interactions where Andricus testaceipes f. agamic 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 may attract larva Rare Ceroptres arator a gall wasp Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Ceroptres arator/Ceroptres aratora gall wasplarva Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus testaceipes f. agamic/Andricus testaceipes f. agamicred barnacle-gall causergallRare larva is associated with gall
gall with inquiline larva UK/Ireland Synergus incrassatus an inquiline gall wasp 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 incrassatus/Synergus incrassatusan inquiline gall wasplarva Animal / inquilineUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus testaceipes f. agamic/Andricus testaceipes f. agamicred barnacle-gall causergall larva is inquiline in gall

Andricus testaceipes f. agamic (Red Barnacle-gall Causer) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Andricus testaceipes f. agamic (Red Barnacle-gall Causer) 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 testaceipes f. agamic (Red Barnacle-gall Causer)
SpeciesAndricus testaceipes (a gall wasp)
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 testaceipes f. agamic (Red Barnacle-gall Causer)

Andricus testaceipes f. agamic (Red Barnacle-gall Causer) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Andricus testaceipes f. agamic (Red Barnacle-gall Causer):

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