Periscepsia spathulata (Fallén, 1820)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Periscepsia spathulata 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 larva			NOCTUIDAE	shuttle moths	Lepidoptera	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/	Noctuidae	shuttle moths				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Mythimna ferrago	The Clay	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Mythimna ferrago/	Mythimna ferrago	the clay				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Mythimna pallens	Common Wainscot	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Mythimna pallens/	Mythimna pallens	common wainscot	?			larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Agrotis	darts	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Agrotis/	Agrotis	darts				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Cerastis rubricosa	Red Chestnut	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Cerastis rubricosa/	Cerastis rubricosa	red chestnut				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Graphiphora augur	Double Dart	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Graphiphora augur/	Graphiphora augur	double dart				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Lycophotia porphyrea	True Lover’s Knot	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Lycophotia porphyrea/	Lycophotia porphyrea	true lover’s knot				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Noctua pronuba	Large Yellow Underwing	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Noctua pronuba/	Noctua pronuba	large yellow underwing	?			larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Xestia xanthographa	Square-spot Rustic	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Xestia xanthographa/	Xestia xanthographa	square-spot rustic				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Apamea crenata	Clouded-bordered Brindle	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993 Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Apamea crenata/	Apamea crenata	clouded-bordered brindle	?			larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Anchoscelis helvola	Flounced Chestnut	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Periscepsia spathulata/	Periscepsia spathulata	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Anchoscelis helvola/	Anchoscelis helvola	flounced chestnut				larva

Author & Year	Title	Source
Belshaw, R., 1993	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991	Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)	Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 103: 23-38.

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Periscepsia spathulata (a parasitoid fly)
Tribe	Voriini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
Subfamily	DEXIINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
Family	TACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
Superfamily	OESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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)

Periscepsia spathulata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Periscepsia spathulata (a parasitoid fly)

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

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

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 Periscepsia spathulata (a parasitoid fly):

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

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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