Dexia rustica (Fabricius, 1775)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Dexia rustica 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 Amphimallon solstitiale Summer Chafer Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Notes on the biology of Dexia rustica F., a dipterous parasite of Melolontha melolontha, Walker, M.G., 1943
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dexia rustica/Dexia rusticaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Amphimallon solstitiale/Amphimallon solstitialesummer chaferlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Melolontha melolontha Common Cockchafer, May Bug Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Notes on the biology of Dexia rustica F., a dipterous parasite of Melolontha melolontha, Walker, M.G., 1943
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dexia rustica/Dexia rusticaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Melolontha melolontha/Melolontha melolonthacommon cockchafer, May buglarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Phyllopertha horticola Garden Chafer, Field Chafer, Bracken Chafer, Fernshaw Beetle, Chovey, June Bug Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Notes on the biology of Dexia rustica F., a dipterous parasite of Melolontha melolontha, Walker, M.G., 1943
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dexia rustica/Dexia rusticaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Phyllopertha horticola/Phyllopertha horticolagarden chafer, field chafer, bracken chafer, fernshaw beetle, chovey, June buglarva

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Walker, M.G., 1943Notes on the biology of Dexia rustica F., a dipterous parasite of Melolontha melolonthaProceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Series A. 113: 126-176.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDexia rustica (a parasitoid fly)
TribeDexiini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyDEXIINAE (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 Dexia rustica (a parasitoid fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Walker, M.G. 1943 Notes on the biology of Dexia rustica F., a dipterous parasite of Melolontha melolontha Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Series A. 113: 126-176.

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

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