Homotropus pictus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
(a diplazontine ichneumon)

Interactions where Homotropus pictus 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 aphidivorous larva UK/Ireland Platycheirus a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Homotropus pictus/Homotropus pictusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Platycheirus/Platycheirusa genus of hoverfliesaphidivorous larva
larva larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva UK/IrelandMajor Platycheirus scutatus a hoverfly Diptera: Syrphidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Homotropus pictus/Homotropus pictusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Platycheirus scutatus/Platycheirus scutatusa hoverflyaphidivorous larvaMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British faunaSystematic Entomology 7: 311-320.

Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHomotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
GenusHomotropus (a genus of diplazontine ichneumons)
SubfamilyDIPLAZONTINAE (diplazontine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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 Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)

Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 45 images of Homotropus pictus (a diplazontine ichneumon)
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