Freraea gagatea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Freraea gagatea 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 imago Foreign Curtonotus aulicus a ground beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Freraea gagatea/Freraea gagateaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Curtonotus aulicus/Curtonotus aulicusa ground beetleimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of imago Foreign Harpalus rufipes Strawberry Seed Beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Freraea gagatea/Freraea gagateaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Harpalus rufipes/Harpalus rufipesstrawberry seed beetleimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of imago Harpalus tardus a ground beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Freraea gagatea/Freraea gagateaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Harpalus tardus/Harpalus tardusa ground beetleimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of imago Foreign Agrilus viridisQuestionable a jewel beetle Coleoptera: Buprestidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Freraea gagatea/Freraea gagateaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Agrilus viridis/Agrilus viridisa jewel beetle?imago

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFreraea gagatea (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 Freraea gagatea (a parasitoid fly)

Freraea gagatea (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 Freraea gagatea (a parasitoid fly):

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