Species
Neuroterus saltatorius (Jumping gall wasp)
Neuroterus saltatorius. Photo: (c) Merav Vonshak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
- Superfamily: Cynipoidea (Gall wasps and allies)
- Family: Cynipidae (Gall wasps)
- Subfamily: Cynipinae
- Tribe: Cynipini (Oak gall wasps)
- Genus: Neuroterus
- Species: Neuroterus saltatorius (Jumping gall wasp)
- Genus: Neuroterus
- Tribe: Cynipini (Oak gall wasps)
- Subfamily: Cynipinae
- Family: Cynipidae (Gall wasps)
- Superfamily: Cynipoidea (Gall wasps and allies)
- Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
