Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Wasp)

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Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic
Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Common Spangle Causer
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Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f. sexual
Currant Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Causer
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeuroterus quercusbaccarum (Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Wasp)
GenusNeuroterus (spangle gall wasps)
TribeCynipini (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)

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Common Spangle Gall Wasp, Currant Gall Wasp)

Usually the most abundant spangle gall on the underside of oak leaves in late summer.

2007 was unusual in that it was completely absent over most of Britain, although there were sometimes signs of tiny aborted galls. N. numismalis and N. tricolor maintained their normal frequency.

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