{{Short description|Genus of wasps}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Synergus clandestinus 17794.jpg | image_caption = ''Synergus clandestinus'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Synergus | authority = Hartig, 1840<ref>{{cite journal|author=Hartig, T.|title=Ueber die familie der Gallwespen|pages=176–200|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24565062| journal= Zeitschrift für die Entomologie|volume=2|year=1840}}</ref> }}
'''''Synergus''''' is a genus of gall wasp in the tribe Synergini. It is found worldwide. Species in ''Synergus'' are generally inquilines, which means they use the galls of other species of gall wasps.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Xiudan |first1=Wang |last2=Luan |first2=Liu |last3=Yang |first3=Zeng |date=2024-02-29 |title=Discovery of a new species of Synergus (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Synergini) based on morphology and molecular data |journal=ZooKeys |issue=1193 |pages=81–94 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1193.105756 |doi-access=free |issn=1313-2970 |pmc=10921061 |pmid=38463756|bibcode=2024ZooK.1193...81X }}</ref> ''Synergus'' uses the galls of Cynipini on oak trees.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Nastasi |first1=Louis F. |last2=Buffington |first2=Matthew L. |last3=Davis |first3=Charles K. |last4=Deans |first4=Andrew R. |date=2024-03-25 |title=Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=1196 |pages=177–207 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1196.118460 |doi-access=free |issn=1313-2970 |pmc=10985401 |pmid=38566620|bibcode=2024ZooK.1196..177N }}</ref>
== Species == As of 2024, there are at least 127 species in ''Synergus''.<ref name=":0" /> Notable species include:
* ''Synergus itoensis'' ** Only ''Synergus'' species known to induce its own gall.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gobbo |first1=Erik |last2=Lartillot |first2=Nicolas |last3=Hearn |first3=Jack |last4=Stone |first4=Graham N |last5=Abe |first5=Yoshihisa |last6=Wheat |first6=Christopher W |last7=Ide |first7=Tatsuya |last8=Ronquist |first8=Fredrik |date=2020-11-03 |editor-last=David |editor-first=Enard |title=From Inquilines to Gall Inducers: Genomic Signature of a Life-Style Transition in Synergus Gall Wasps |url=https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/12/11/2060/5912529 |journal=Genome Biology and Evolution |language=en |volume=12 |issue=11 |pages=2060–2073 |doi=10.1093/gbe/evaa204 |issn=1759-6653 |pmc=7674688 |pmid=32986797}}</ref> * ''Synergus japonicus'' * ''Synergus vulgaris'' <small>Hartig, 1840</small> ** The type species for ''Synergus''<ref name=":1" />
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Category:Gall-inducing insects Category:Cynipidae Category:Hymenoptera genera Category:Taxa named by Theodor Hartig