Dufouria chalybeata (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Dufouria chalybeata 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 Foreign Cassida tortoise beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dufouria chalybeata/Dufouria chalybeataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida/Cassidatortoise beetleslarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of imago Foreign Cassida tortoise beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dufouria chalybeata/Dufouria chalybeataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida/Cassidatortoise beetlesimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Cassida rubiginosa Thistle Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dufouria chalybeata/Dufouria chalybeataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida rubiginosa/Cassida rubiginosathistle tortoise beetlelarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of imago Cassida rubiginosa Thistle Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dufouria chalybeata/Dufouria chalybeataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida rubiginosa/Cassida rubiginosathistle tortoise beetleimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Cassida viridis Green Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dufouria chalybeata/Dufouria chalybeataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida viridis/Cassida viridisgreen tortoise beetlelarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of imago Cassida viridis Green Tortoise Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dufouria chalybeata/Dufouria chalybeataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida viridis/Cassida viridisgreen tortoise beetleimago

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDufouria chalybeata (a parasitoid fly)
TribeDufouriini (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 Dufouria chalybeata (a parasitoid fly)

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

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

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