Phyllomya volvulus (Fabricius, 1794)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Phyllomya volvulus 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			Macrophya albicincta s.l.	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phyllomya volvulus/	Phyllomya volvulus	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Macrophya albicincta s.l./	Macrophya albicincta s.l.	a sawfly				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Pachyprotasis rapae	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phyllomya volvulus/	Phyllomya volvulus	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pachyprotasis rapae/	Pachyprotasis rapae	a sawfly				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Aglaostigma fulvipes	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phyllomya volvulus/	Phyllomya volvulus	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Aglaostigma fulvipes/	Aglaostigma fulvipes	a sawfly				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Aglaostigma nebulosa	(A Sawfly)	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phyllomya volvulus/	Phyllomya volvulus	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Aglaostigma nebulosa/	Aglaostigma nebulosa	(a sawfly)				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Tenthredo scrophulariae	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phyllomya volvulus/	Phyllomya volvulus	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo scrophulariae/	Tenthredo scrophulariae	a sawfly				larva

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Phyllomya volvulus (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	Phyllomya volvulus (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)

Phyllomya volvulus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phyllomya volvulus (a parasitoid fly)

Phyllomya volvulus (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 Phyllomya volvulus (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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