Bessa selecta (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Bessa selecta 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 Anthonomus pomorum Apple Blossom Weevil, Apple-blossom Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Bessa selecta/Bessa selectaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Anthonomus pomorum/Anthonomus pomorumapple blossom weevil, apple-blossom weevillarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Cladius compressicornisQuestionable a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Bessa selecta/Bessa selectaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Cladius compressicornis/Cladius compressicornisa sawfly?larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Cladius pectinicornis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Bessa selecta/Bessa selectaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Cladius pectinicornis/Cladius pectinicornisa sawflylarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Hemichroa crocea a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Bessa selecta/Bessa selectaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Hemichroa crocea/Hemichroa croceaa sawflylarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Euura pavida a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Bessa selecta/Bessa selectaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura pavida/Euura pavidaa sawflylarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Euura ribesiiQuestionable Common Gooseberry Sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Oviposition of Ptychomiya selecta, Barfoot, S.D., 1957
Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Bessa selecta/Bessa selectaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura ribesii/Euura ribesiicommon gooseberry sawfly?larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Pristiphora maesta a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Bessa selecta/Bessa selectaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pristiphora maesta/Pristiphora maestaa sawflylarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Barfoot, S.D., 1957Oviposition of Ptychomiya selectaEnt. Mon. Mag. 93: 95.
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBessa selecta (a parasitoid fly)
TribeExoristini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyEXORISTINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bessa selecta (a parasitoid fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Barfoot, S.D. 1957 Oviposition of Ptychomiya selecta Ent. Mon. Mag. 93: 95.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Bessa selecta (a parasitoid fly):

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