Lophosia fasciata Meigen, 1824
(a shield bug parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Lophosia fasciata 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 Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Hawthorn Shieldbug Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae Lophosia fasciata Mg. (Dipt.: Tachinidae) in the London suburbs, and an apparently new host record, Allen, A.A., 1987
Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Lophosia fasciata/Lophosia fasciataa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Acanthosomatidae/Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale/Acanthosoma haemorrhoidalehawthorn shieldbug
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign Aelia acuminata Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Lophosia fasciata/Lophosia fasciataa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Aelia acuminata/Aelia acuminatabishop’s mitre shield-bug, bishop's mitre

Author & YearTitleSource
Allen, A.A., 1987Lophosia fasciata Mg. (Dipt.: Tachinidae) in the London suburbs, and an apparently new host recordEntomologist’s Record and journal of variation 99: 83.
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

Lophosia fasciata (a shield bug parasitoid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lophosia fasciata (a shield bug parasitoid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLophosia fasciata (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
TribeCylindromyiini (a tribe of shield bug parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyPHASIINAE (bug 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 Lophosia fasciata (a shield bug parasitoid fly)

Lophosia fasciata (a shield bug parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Allen, A.A. 1987 Lophosia fasciata Mg. (Dipt.: Tachinidae) in the London suburbs, and an apparently new host record Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 99: 83.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lophosia fasciata (a shield bug parasitoid fly):

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