Aplomya confinis (Fallen, 1820)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Aplomya confinis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Agriopis bajaria	(A Moth)	Lepidoptera: Geometridae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Agriopis bajaria/	Agriopis bajaria	(a moth)				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			LYCAENIDAE	blues, coppers and hairstreaks	Lepidoptera	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/	Lycaenidae	blues, coppers and hairstreaks				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Celastrina argiolus	Holly Blue	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Celastrina argiolus/	Celastrina argiolus	holly blue				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Cupido minimus	Small Blue Butterfly	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Cupido minimus/	Cupido minimus	small blue butterfly				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Polyommatus bellargus	Adonis Blue	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Polyommatus bellargus/	Polyommatus bellargus	Adonis blue				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Polyommatus coridon	Chalkhill Blue, Chalk Hill Blue	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Polyommatus coridon/	Polyommatus coridon	chalkhill blue, chalk hill blue				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Polyommatus icarus	Common Blue	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Polyommatus icarus/	Polyommatus icarus	common blue				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Satyrium w-album	White-letter Hairstreak	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Satyrium w-album/	Satyrium w-album	white-letter hairstreak				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Favonius quercus	Purple Hairstreak	Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Aplomya confinis/	Aplomya confinis	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Favonius quercus/	Favonius quercus	purple hairstreak				larva

Author & Year	Title	Source
Belshaw, R., 1993	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Aplomya confinis (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Aplomya confinis (a parasitoid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Aplomya confinis (a parasitoid fly)
Tribe	Eryciini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
Subfamily	EXORISTINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
Family	TACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
Superfamily	OESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Aplomya confinis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aplomya confinis (a parasitoid fly)

Aplomya confinis (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aplomya confinis (a parasitoid fly):

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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