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Neuroterus albipes



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Neuroterus albipes
Smooth spangle gall on pedunculate oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Cynipidae
Genus:Neuroterus
Species:N. albipes
Binomial name
Neuroterus albipes
Schenck, 1863


Neuroterus albipes is a gall wasp that forms chemically induced leaf galls on oak trees which has both bisexual and agamic generations and therefore forms two distinct galls, the smooth spangle gall and Schenck's gall.[1] Neuroterus laeviusculus and Spathegaster albipes are previous binomials found in the literature.[1]








Contents


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  • 1 Galls

  • 2 Life cycle

    • 2.1 Agamic generation

    • 2.2 Bisexual generation



  • 3 Inquilines

  • 4 See also

  • 5 External links

  • 6 References

    • 6.1 Notes

    • 6.2 Sources





[edit]Galls


The normally cream coloured saucer of the smooth spangle gall has a small cone elevated in its centre, a pronounced rim and they are sometimes found almost folded in two.[2] The gall may have streaks of purple, red or other colours through it. Typically found on the lower surface, this gall is found more often on the upper surface than other spangle galls and although often grouped together, the numbers on each leaf are far fewer than in species such as Neuroterus quercusbaccarum. The gall is observed to swell appreciably once it has detached and fallen in late autumn. The gall has also been recorded as green, purple, red or pink.[1]

Schenck's gall is an oval shaped structure, about 0.1 × 0.2 cm and a light green colour, well camouflaged with the leaf lamina. A distinct indentation of the lamina margin is apparent through the inhibition of the normal growth of the leaf by the developing gall; the gall may also appear on the midrib.[1][2]

Both galls are both unilocular and unilarval.[3]

[edit]Life cycle






The gall wasp N. albipes



[edit]Agamic generation


Emerging in spring the female of the agamic generation develops in the discus-shaped structure about 0.4 cm across, known as a 'Smooth Spangle gall'.[2] The gall falls to the ground in autumn, having developed in June or July of the previous summer.[1]

[edit]Bisexual generation




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