Synergini is a tribe of in the subfamily Cynipinae.
Genera
The following genera are generally accepted within Synergini:
All of these except Lithosaphonecrus and Rhoophilus are found in the eastern Palearctic realm.
A reworking of the entire Cynipidae family published in 2015 transferred three genera formerly included in Synergini to other tribes - Ceroptres to a tribe of its own (Ceroptresini), and Periclistus and Synophromorpha to Diastrophini.
Gall use
Members of Synergini have lost the ability to create their own
, and instead make use of galls left behind by other wasps. As a result, they are classified as
.
[Melika G, Ros-Farré P, Pénzes Z, Ács Z, Pujade-Villar J 2005. Ufo abei Melika et Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) new genus and new species from Japan. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51 (4), 313–327.] Species in Synergini usually make use of galls made by wasps in tribe
Cynipini.
