Neuroterus quercusbaccarum ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Şchiopu, Ion, 2025, Gall wasps-inducers and inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae and Diplolepididae) from Dobrogea Province (South-Eastern of Romania), including new species records for this area, Zootaxa 5665 (1), pp. 1-36 : 19

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum ( Linnaeus, 1758)

[= Neuroterus lenticularis ( Olivier, 1791) (- a -)]

Host plants/gall: Q. dal., Q. fr., Q. pet ., Q. pub ., Q. r., Q. cer .(?), Q. bor . max. (?)—gregarious lens-shaped galls (5–6 mm Ø) on the underside of leaves (- a -); globular gall (± 8 mm Ø) protruding on both side of leaves, or fixed on the catkins (- s -).

Distribution in Dobrogea: common in Romania ( Ionescu, 1957, 1973), CocoŞ Monastery, Isaccea, Tulcea ( Borcea,

1912), Babadag forest ( Ionescu & Kierych, 1966), Caraorman and Letea into Danube Delta ( Mustaţӑ & Andriescu,

1994) TL county; Murfatlar ( Borcea, 1912), Valu lui Traian (Ionescu & Roman,1962), the forests—Cheia,

Dumbrӑveni, Esechioi, Hagieni Natural Reserve, Negru Vodӑ, Şipotele, Neptun (Comorova forest) CT county,

Mӑcin Mountains TL county (Şchiopu, herein recorded).