Neuroterus
Neuroterus is a genus of gall wasps. Some species produce galls that fall off the host plant and jump along the ground due to the movement of the larvae within.
| Neuroterus | |
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| Neuroterus albipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Neuroterus Hartig, 1840 |
| Species | |
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Many; see text | |
The galls of Neuroterus numismalis parthenogenetic generation on Quercus robur leaf
Neuroterus saltatorius—formerly named Cynips saltatorius—produces such Mexican jumping bean-like jumping galls about 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter.[1][2]
- Neuroterus albipes
- Neuroterus alexandrae
- Neuroterus aliceae
- Neuroterus anthracinus
- Neuroterus aprilinus
- Neuroterus bussae
- Neuroterus cerrifloralis
- Neuroterus lanuginosus
- Neuroterus numismalis
- Neuroterus oblongifoliae
- Neuroterus quaili
- Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
- Neuroterus rosieae
- Neuroterus saltatorius
- Neuroterus serratae
- Neuroterus stonei
- Neuroterus tricolor
- Neuroterus umbilicatus
- Neuroterus valhalla
References
- W.P. Armstrong. "California's Amazing Jumping Galls". 1997.
- Missouri Botanical Garden. "Jumping oak galls".
- George Melika; James A. Nicholls; Warren Abrahamson; Eileen A. Buss; Graham N. Stone (23 December 2021). "New species of Nearctic oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini)". Zootaxa. 5084 (1): 1–131. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5084.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q110307168.
- Pedro Ferreira Pinto Brandão-Dias; Y. Miles Zhang; Stacy Pirro; Camila C. Vinson; Kelly L. Weinersmith; Anna K. G. Ward; Andrew A. Forbes; Scott P. Egan (10 January 2022). "Describing biodiversity in the genomics era: A new species of Nearctic Cynipidae gall wasp and its genome". Systematic Entomology. 47: 94–112. doi:10.1111/SYEN.12521. ISSN 0307-6970. Wikidata Q110526665.
External links
- "Neuroterus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gall Photo Gallery
Media related to Neuroterus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Neuroterus at Wikispecies
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