Tribe Synergini - Oak Inquiline Gall Wasps

White Oak stem Galls - Synergus lignicola

Cynipini? with associated gall and adult - Synergus

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 Synergini (Oak Inquiline Gall Wasps)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synerginae Ashmead, 1896

"The tribe Synergini, which used to include all the familiar Northern Hemisphere inquilines, is narrowed down here to include only the inquilines associated with Fagaceae, plus the afrotropical Rhoophilus, which is an inquiline in galls on Rhus. There is strong molecular evidence for the monophyly of this clade. The genus Ceroptres is moved to its own tribe, while Periclistus and Synophromorpha are transferred to the tribe Diastrophini." (1)

Numbers

8 genera (Agastoroxenia, Lithonecrus, Lithosaphonecrus, Rhoophilus, ~~Saphonecrus~~, Synophrus, Synergus, Ufo); about 180 species worldwide (1)

Remarks

Inquilines (rarely true gall inducers) in cynipid galls on several Fagaceae genera, mainly Quercus (1).

Works Cited

1.	Phylogeny, Evolution and Classification of Gall Wasps: The Plot Thickens

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 February, 2012 - 1:17pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 10 April, 2024 - 12:21am

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