Diplolepis spinosissimae (Giraud, 1859)
(a gall wasp)

Interactions where Diplolepis spinosissimae 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 causes gall of live leaflet UK/Ireland Rosa roses and briars Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Diplolepis spinosissimae/Diplolepis spinosissimaea gall wasplarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa/Rosaroses and briarsliveleaflet
larva larva causes gall of live leaflet UK/IrelandMajor Rosa spinosissima Burnet Rose Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Diplolepis spinosissimae/Diplolepis spinosissimaea gall wasplarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rosa spinosissima/Rosa spinosissimaburnet roseliveleafletMajor

Interactions where Diplolepis spinosissimae is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

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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
(live) live gall with inquiline larva Restricted Periclistus spinosissimae 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/Periclistus spinosissimae/Periclistus spinosissimaean inquiline gall wasplarva Animal / inquiline /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Diplolepis spinosissimae/Diplolepis spinosissimaea gall wasplivegallSole larva is inquiline in live gall

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)

Diplolepis spinosissimae (a gall wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Diplolepis spinosissimae (a gall wasp) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiplolepis spinosissimae (a gall wasp)
GenusDiplolepis (smooth pea gall (s.l.))
TribeDiplolepidini (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 Diplolepis spinosissimae (a gall wasp)

Diplolepis spinosissimae (a 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 Diplolepis spinosissimae (a gall wasp):

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