Neuroterus albipes (Schenck, 1863)
(Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp)

Interactions where Neuroterus albipes 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 leaf Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Neuroterus albipes/Neuroterus albipessmooth spangle gall waspsexual larva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaksliveleaf

Interactions where Neuroterus albipes 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 gall of larva with inquiline larva Major Xenodiplosis laeviusculi a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi, Ellis, W.N.
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Xenodiplosis laeviusculi/Xenodiplosis laeviusculia gall midgelarva Animal / inquiline /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Neuroterus albipes/Neuroterus albipessmooth spangle gall waspgalllarvaMajor larva is inquiline in gall of larva

Neuroterus albipes (Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Neuroterus albipes (Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, W.N.Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungibladmineerders.nl
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Neuroterus albipes f. agamic
Smooth-spangle Causer
Form 4 trophisms
Neuroterus albipes f. sexual
Schenck’s Gall Causer
Form 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeuroterus albipes (Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp)
GenusNeuroterus (spangle 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 Neuroterus albipes (Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp)

Neuroterus albipes (Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Neuroterus albipes (Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp):

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