Polemochartus liparae (Giraud, 1863)
(a death wasp)

Interactions where Polemochartus liparae 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 gall-inhabiting larva UK/IrelandRestricted Lipara lucens Cigar Gall - causative organism Diptera: Chloropidae Polemochartus melas (Giraud) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae) new to Britain, Shaw, M.R. & Jennings, M.T., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Polemochartus liparae/Polemochartus liparaea death wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/Lipara lucenscigar gall - causative organismgall-inhabitinglarvaSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R. & Jennings, M.T., 2008Polemochartus melas (Giraud) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae) new to BritainEnt. Gazette Vol 59: 114-116.

Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolemochartus liparae (a death wasp)
GenusPolemochartus (a genus of alysiine death wasps)
TribeDacnusini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death 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 Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp)

Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 20 images of Polemochartus liparae (a death wasp)

A large reddish and black braconid wasp that parasitises Lipara lucens larvae in the cigar-galls that they cause on Common Reed (Phragmites australis). It is widespread in reed-beds in the southern half of mainland Britain and commonly reared from the cigar-like galls of its host.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Anderson, J.B., Bruhn, J.N., Kasimer, D., Wang, H., Rodrigue, N. & Smith, M.L., 2018Clonal evolution and genome stability in a 2500-year-old fungal individualProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285.
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