Neuroterus

Neuroterus is a genus of gall wasps that induce galls on oaks in which the wasp larvae live and feed. Some species produce galls that fall off the host plant and 'jump' along the ground due to the movement of the larvae within. Neuroterus saltatorius formerly named Cynips saltatorius produces such Mexican jumping bean-like jumping galls about 1 to 1.5 mm in diameter. This genus was first described by Theodor Hartig in 1840. Like most oak gall wasps, Neuroterus species have two generations each year, one sexual and one asexual (or agamic). The galls induced by each generation of the same species are usually produced on different parts of the host plant. Recent studies indicate this genus is poly- or paraphyletic, thus many species will likely be moved to other genera. Species include: Neuroterus acrotrichias Pujade-Villar, 2017 Neuroterus affinis (Bassett, 1881) Neuroterus aggregatus (Wachtl, 1880) Neuroterus albipes (Schenck, 1863) Neuroterus ambrusi Melika, Stone & Csoka, 1999 Neuroterus alexandrae Nicholls & Melika, 2021 Neuroterus aliceae Melika, Nicholls & Stone, 2021 Neuroterus anthracinus (Curtis, 1838) Neuroterus aprilinus Giraud, 1859 Neuroterus archboldi Melika & Abrahamson, 1997 Neuroterus argentatus Weld, 1944 Neuroterus asymmetricus (Kinsey, 1922) Neuroterus bassettii Bassett, 1890 Neuroterus bussae Melika & Nicholls, 2021 Neuroterus cerrifloralis Mullner, 1901 Neuroterus chapmanii Melika & Abrahamson, 1997 Neuroterus chinanteco Pujade-Villar & Clark, 2023 Neuroterus christi Melika & Abrahamson, 1997 Neuroterus chrysolepis Lyon, 1984 Neuroterus clarkeae Beutenm ller, 1910 Neuroterus clavensis Weld, 1944 Neuroterus cockerelli Beutm ller?, ? Neuroterus congregatus Gillette, 1893 Neuroterus consimilis Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus contortus (Weld, 1921) Neuroterus distortus Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus dubius Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus ellongatum Pujade-Villar & Melika, 2014 Neuroterus elvisi Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2017 Neuroterus engelmanni Kinsey, 1922 Neuroterus escharensis Weld, 1926 Neuroterus eugeros Pujade-Villar, 2018 Neuroterus evanescens Kinsey, 1922 Neuroterus evolutus Weld, 1926 Neuroterus exiguus Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus floccosus (Bassett, 1881) Neuroterus floricola Kinsey, 1923 Neuroterus floricomus Weld, 1957 Neuroterus florulentus Weld, 1957 Neuroterus fragilis Bassett, 1900 (succulent gall wasp) Neuroterus fugiens Weld, 1926 Neuroterus fusifex Pujade-Villar & Ferrer-Suay, 2016 Neuroterus gillettei Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus glandiphilus Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2017 Neuroterus howertoni Bassett, 1890 Neuroterus haasi (Kieffer, 1904) Neuroterus junctor Kinsey, 1938 Neuroterus lamellae Weld, 1957 Neuroterus lanuginosus Giraud, 1859 Neuroterus laurifoliae Ashmead, 1887 Neuroterus minutulus Giraud, 1859 Neuroterus minutus (Bassett, 1881) Neuroterus nervus Pujade-Villar & Bravo-Cuautle, 2025 Neuroterus niger Gillette, 1888 Neuroterus numismalis (Fourcroy, 1785) Neuroterus oblongifoliae Nicholls, Stone & Melika, 2021 Neuroterus obtectus (Wachtl, 1880) Neuroterus pallidus Beutenm ller, 1910 Neuroterus papillosus Beutenm ller, 1910 Neuroterus pattersoni Kinsey, 1923 Neuroterus perminimus Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus politus Hartig, 1840 Neuroterus pseudostreus (Kustenmacher, 1894) Neuroterus pulchrigalla Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2017 Neuroterus punctatus Bignell, 1892 Neuroterus quaili Melika, Nicholls & Stone, 2021 Neuroterus quercicola Dalla Torre, 1892 Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Linnaeus, 1758) Neuroterus quercusbatatus (Fitch, 1859) Neuroterus quercusirregularis (Osten Sacken, 1861) Neuroterus quercusminutissimus Kinsey, 1923 Neuroterus quercusverrucarum (Osten Sacken, 1861) Neuroterus reconditus Kinsey, 1938 Neuroterus rileyi Kinsey, 1920 Neuroterus rosieae Melika, Nicholls & Stone, 2021 Neuroterus sadlerensis Weld, 1926 Neuroterus saliens (Kollar, 1857) Neuroterus saltarius Weld, 1926 Neuroterus saltatorius (Edwards, 1874) (jumping gall wasp) Neuroterus serratae Neuroterus stonei Melika & Nicholls, 2021 Neuroterus tantulus Weld, 1952 Neuroterus tectus Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus titou Pujade-Villar & Hanson, 2021 Neuroterus tricolor (Hartig, 1841) Neuroterus tumba Kinsey, 1938 Neuroterus umbilicatus Bassett, 1900 Neuroterus valhalla Brand?o-Dias, Zhang, Pirro, Vinson, Weinersmith, Ward, Forbes & Egan, 2022 Neuroterus varians Kinsey, 1920 Neuroterus verrucum Pujade-Villar, 2014 Neuroterus vesicula (Bassett, 1881) Neuroterus virgens Gillette, 1893 Neuroterus visibilis Kinsey, 1938 Neuroterus volutans Kinsey, 1938 Neuroterus vulpinus Kinsey, 1938 Neuroterus weldi Melika & Abrahamson, 1997 Neuroterus washingtonensis (Beutenm ller, 1913)

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