CYNIPIDAE Latreille, 1802
(gall wasps etc)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Aulacideini a tribe of hymenopterans		Tribe	1 subtaxa	28 images
	Aulacidea a genus of gall wasps	Genus	1 subtaxa	28 images
Aylacini a tribe of hymenopterans		Tribe	1 subtaxa	15 images
	Aylax a genus of gall wasps	Genus	1 subtaxa	15 images
CYNIPINAE gall wasps		Subfamily	1 subtaxa	1 images	2 ident. refs
Cynipini a tribe of hymenopterans		Tribe	20 subtaxa	245 images	4 ident. refs
Diastrophini a tribe of hymenopterans		Tribe	3 subtaxa	32 images	1 ident. refs
Diplolepidini a tribe of hymenopterans		Tribe	3 subtaxa	44 images	4 ident. refs
	Diplolepis smooth pea gall (s.l.)	Genus	3 subtaxa	44 images	4 ident. refs
Phanacidini a tribe of hymenopterans		Tribe	1 subtaxa	6 images
	Phanacis a genus of gall wasps	Genus	1 subtaxa	6 images
Synergini a tribe of hymenopterans		Tribe	4 subtaxa	52 images	3 ident. refs
Cynipidae (unidentified) Unidentified Gall Wasps Etc		Unidentified		2 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cameron, P.	1882	* A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera (Tenthredo, Sirex and Cynips, Linne.) *(Superseded)	Vols 59, 62, 67 & 70., 340+233+?+274pp, The Ray Society, London
	Ellis, W.N.		Plant Parasites of Europe: leafminers, galls and Fungi	bladmineerders.nl
Key To Genera
	Hackston, M.		Family Cynipidae key to British genera
Key To Larvae
	Askew, R.R.	1984	The biology of gall wasps	Askew, R.R., 1984. The biology of gall wasps, 49pp, The Biology of Gall Insects
Oak Galls
	Connold, E.T.	1908	* British oak galls *(Superseded)	Adlard and son
Plant Galls
	Anon.		British Galls

CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 475 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CYNIPIDAE (gall wasps etc)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

CYNIPIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Key To Genera

Key To Larvae

Oak Galls

Plant Galls

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)