Wagneria gagatea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Wagneria gagatea 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			Erannis defoliaria	Mottled Umber	Lepidoptera: Geometridae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Wagneria gagatea/	Wagneria gagatea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Erannis defoliaria/	Erannis defoliaria	mottled umber				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Operophtera brumata	Winter Moth	Lepidoptera: Geometridae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Wagneria gagatea/	Wagneria gagatea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Operophtera brumata/	Operophtera brumata	winter moth				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Orthosia cerasi	Common Quaker	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Wagneria gagatea/	Wagneria gagatea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Orthosia cerasi/	Orthosia cerasi	common quaker				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Orthosia cruda	Small Quaker	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Wagneria gagatea/	Wagneria gagatea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Orthosia cruda/	Orthosia cruda	small quaker				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Conistra vaccinii	The Chestnut	Lepidoptera: Noctuidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Wagneria gagatea/	Wagneria gagatea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Conistra vaccinii/	Conistra vaccinii	the chestnut				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Drymonia ruficornis	Lunar Marbled Brown	Lepidoptera: Notodontidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Wagneria gagatea/	Wagneria gagatea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Notodontidae/Drymonia ruficornis/	Drymonia ruficornis	lunar marbled brown				larva
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of larva			Araschnia levana	European Map	Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Wagneria gagatea/	Wagneria gagatea	a parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Araschnia levana/	Araschnia levana	european map				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

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Wagneria gagatea (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	Wagneria gagatea (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)

Wagneria gagatea is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Wagneria gagatea (a parasitoid fly)

Wagneria gagatea (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 Wagneria gagatea (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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