Synergus nervosus Hartig, 1840
(an inquiline gall wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSynergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp)
GenusSynergus (a genus of inquiline gall wasps)
TribeSynergini (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)
Records of Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp) :
1: Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp)
5 Jun 2016 OSGR: SZ49 50° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
female, emerged from over-wintered galls of Andricus quercus-calicis f. agamic on cups of fallen acorns under small oak
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)Image 10: Female - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp)
2 Jun 2016 OSGR: SZ49 50° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
male, emerged from over-wintered galls of Andricus quercus-calicis f. agamic on cups of fallen acorns under small oak
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head, antennal bases and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Synergus nervosus (an inquiline gall wasp)
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