Synergus nervosus Hartig, 1840
(an inquiline gall wasp)

Interactions where Synergus nervosus 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
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus callidoma f. agamic	Stalked-spindle Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus callidoma f. agamic/	Andricus callidoma f. agamic	stalked-spindle causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus curvator f. agamic	Collared-bud Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus curvator f. agamic/	Andricus curvator f. agamic	collared-bud gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus curvator f. sexual	Curved-leaf Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus curvator f. sexual/	Andricus curvator f. sexual	curved-leaf gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus glandulae f. agamic	Thatched Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus glandulae f. agamic/	Andricus glandulae f. agamic	thatched gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus paradoxus f. agamic	a gall wasp (agamic generation)	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus paradoxus f. agamic/	Andricus paradoxus f. agamic	a gall wasp (agamic generation)				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus quadrilineatus f. sexual	a gall wasp (sexual generation)	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus quadrilineatus f. sexual/	Andricus quadrilineatus f. sexual	a gall wasp (sexual generation)				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus seminationis f. agamic	Spindle Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus seminationis f. agamic/	Andricus seminationis f. agamic	spindle gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus solitarius f. agamic	Hairy-spindle Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus solitarius f. agamic/	Andricus solitarius f. agamic	hairy-spindle gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Cynips divisa f. agamic	Red-pea Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Cynips divisa f. agamic/	Cynips divisa f. agamic	red-pea gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Cynips quercusfolii f. agamic	Cherry Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Cynips quercusfolii f. agamic/	Cynips quercusfolii f. agamic	cherry gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Neuroterus albipes f. agamic	Smooth-spangle Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Neuroterus albipes f. agamic/	Neuroterus albipes f. agamic	smooth-spangle causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Andricus ostreus f. agamic	an agamic cynipid 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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Andricus ostreus f. agamic/	Andricus ostreus f. agamic	an agamic cynipid gall wasp				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic	Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Common Spangle Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic/	Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic	common spangle gall wasp, common spangle causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual	Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual/	Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual	currant gall wasp, currant gall causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Neuroterus tricolor f. agamic	Cupped Spangle Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Neuroterus tricolor f. agamic/	Neuroterus tricolor f. agamic	cupped spangle causer				gall
larva		larva is inquiline in gall			Trigonaspis megaptera f. agamic	Kidney Gall Causer	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 nervosus/	Synergus nervosus	an inquiline gall wasp				larva	Animal / inquiline		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Trigonaspis megaptera f. agamic/	Trigonaspis megaptera f. agamic	kidney gall causer				gall

Author & Year	Title	Source
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963	Hymenoptera - 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

Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CYNIPIDAE
(gall wasps etc)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp)
Genus	Synergus (a genus of inquiline gall wasps)
Tribe	Synergini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
Family	CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)
Superfamily	CYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Synergus nervosus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp)

Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CYNIPIDAE
(gall wasps etc)

CYNIPOIDEA
(cynipoid parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp):

CYNIPIDAE
(gall wasps etc)

CYNIPOIDEA
(cynipoid parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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