Macquartia tenebricosa (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Macquartia tenebricosa 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 Foreign Chrysolina a genus of leaf beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Macquartia tenebricosa/Macquartia tenebricosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina/Chrysolinaa genus of leaf beetles
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Chrysolina graminis Tansy Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Macquartia tenebricosa ab. nitida Meig. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Chrysolina graminis L. (Col., Chrysomelidae), Drummond, D.C., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Macquartia tenebricosa/Macquartia tenebricosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/Chrysolina graministansy beetle
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Chrysolina herbacea Mint Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Macquartia tenebricosa/Macquartia tenebricosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina herbacea/Chrysolina herbaceamint leaf beetlelarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Chrysolina hyperici a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Macquartia tenebricosa/Macquartia tenebricosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/Chrysolina hypericia leaf beetlelarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Macquartia tenebricosa/Macquartia tenebricosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlelarva

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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Drummond, D.C., 1952Macquartia tenebricosa ab. nitida Meig. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Chrysolina graminis L. (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. 88: 46.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacquartia tenebricosa (a parasitoid fly)
GenusMacquartia (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeMacquartiini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
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 Macquartia tenebricosa (a parasitoid fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Drummond, D.C. 1952 Macquartia tenebricosa ab. nitida Meig. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Chrysolina graminis L. (Col., Chrysomelidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 88: 46.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Macquartia tenebricosa (a parasitoid fly):

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