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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Neuroterus » California Jumping Gall Wasp (Neuroterus saltatorius)

Species Neuroterus saltatorius - California Jumping Gall Wasp

Classification · Size · Identification · Remarks · Print References
California Jumping Gall Wasp - Neuroterus saltatorius - female California Jumping Gall Wasp - Neuroterus saltatorius - female Unknown - Neuroterus saltatorius Unknown - Neuroterus saltatorius Neuroterus saltatorius? - Neuroterus saltatorius Hood River Leaf gall on Quercus garyana maybe HR_G1 2017 1 - Neuroterus saltatorius Hood River Leaf gall on Quercus garyana maybe HR_G1 2017 2 - Neuroterus saltatorius
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)
Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)
Genus Neuroterus
Species saltatorius (California Jumping Gall Wasp)
Size
The galls of the unisexual generation (detachable leaf galls) are 1mm in diameter.
The galls of the bisexual generation (integral leaf galls) are about 2x1mm.
Identification
Summer/fall unisexual galls of this species occur on the underside of valley, blue, scrub, and Oregon oak leaves. Spring bisexual generation galls are integral leaf galls.
Remarks
Periodic movements of the larvae after the unisexual generation galls have dropped to the ground in the fall cause the galls to jump up to 1cm in the air. The purpose of the jumping is probably to help the galls place themselves in more sheltered situations in the leaf litter.
Print References
Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States by Ron Russo
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 12 September, 2007 - 1:36am

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