Eupelmus vesicularis (Retzius, 1783)
(a eupelmid chalcid wasp)

Interactions where Eupelmus vesicularis 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 parasitoid of			Acanthoscelides obtectus	Common Bean Weevil, Dried Bean Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Acanthoscelides obtectus/	Acanthoscelides obtectus	common bean weevil, dried bean beetle
larva		larva is parasitoid of			Bruchus pisorum	Pea Beetle, Spanish Bean Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus pisorum/	Bruchus pisorum	pea beetle, spanish bean beetle
larva		larva is parasitoid of			Bruchus rufipes	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus rufipes/	Bruchus rufipes	a seed beetle
		is associated with gall			Aulacidea follioti	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp					Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aulacidea follioti/	Aulacidea follioti	a gall wasp			gall
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Aulacidea hieracii	Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aulacidea hieracii/	Aulacidea hieracii	hawkweed stem-gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Aulacidea hieracii	Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aulacidea hieracii/	Aulacidea hieracii	hawkweed stem-gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is associated with larva			Aulacidea tragopogonis	Goat’s-beard Stem-gall Wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aulacidea tragopogonis/	Aulacidea tragopogonis	goat's-beard stem-gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is associated with larva			Isocolus scabiosae	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Isocolus scabiosae/	Isocolus scabiosae	a gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is associated with larva			Isocolus scabiosae	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Isocolus scabiosae/	Isocolus scabiosae	a gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is associated with larva			Aylax minor	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aylax minor/	Aylax minor	a gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is associated with larva			Aylax papaveris	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aylax papaveris/	Aylax papaveris	a gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is associated with gall			Liposthenus latreillei	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Liposthenus latreillei/	Liposthenus latreillei	a gall wasp			gall
larva		larva is associated with larva			Diastrophus rubi	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Diastrophus rubi/	Diastrophus rubi	a gall wasp				larva
larva		larva is associated with gall			Xestophanes brevitarsis	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Xestophanes brevitarsis/	Xestophanes brevitarsis	a gall wasp			gall
larva		larva is associated with gall			Xestophanes potentillae	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Xestophanes potentillae/	Xestophanes potentillae	a gall wasp			gall
larva		larva is associated with gall			Phanacis caulicola	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp				larva	Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Phanacis caulicola/	Phanacis caulicola	a gall wasp			gall
		is associated with			Phanacis centaureae	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp					Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Phanacis centaureae/	Phanacis centaureae	a gall wasp
		is associated with			Phanacis hypochoeridis	a gall wasp	Hymenoptera: Cynipidae	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic, Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Eupelmidae/Eupelmus vesicularis/	Eupelmus vesicularis	a eupelmid chalcid wasp					Animal / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Phanacis hypochoeridis/	Phanacis hypochoeridis	a gall wasp

Author & Year	Title	Source
Askew, R.R., Plantard, O., Gomez, J.F., Nieves, M.H. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L., 2006	Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic	Zootaxa 1301.
Cox, M.L., 2007	Supplement to Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm

Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp)
Genus	Eupelmus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
Subfamily	EUPELMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
Family	EUPELMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
Superfamily	CHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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)

Eupelmus vesicularis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fusu, F.	2010	* Species status of two colour morphs of Eupelmus vesicularis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) as revealed by allozyme electrophoresis, morphometric and host preference data *(Superseded)	Journal of Natural History Vol 44 (17-18): 1113-1129.
	Fusu, L.	2017	An integrative taxonomic study of European Eupelmus (Macroneura) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a molecular and cytogenetic analysis of Eupelmus (Macroneura) vesicularis: several species hiding under one name for 240 years	Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 181: 519-603.

Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Eupelmus
(a genus of chalcid wasps)

EUPELMIDAE
(a family of chalcid wasps)

CHALCIDOIDEA
(chalcid wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

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 Eupelmus vesicularis (a eupelmid chalcid wasp):

Eupelmus
(a genus of chalcid wasps)

EUPELMIDAE
(a family of chalcid wasps)

CHALCIDOIDEA
(chalcid wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

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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