Cothonaspis gracilis Hartig, 1841
(a small parasitic wasp)

Interactions where Cothonaspis gracilis 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 Sepsis cynipsea a lesser dung fly Diptera: Sepsidae Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Eucoilidae, Quinlan, J., 1978
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Figitidae/Cothonaspis gracilis/Cothonaspis gracilisa small parasitic wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Sepsidae/Sepsis cynipsea/Sepsis cynipseaa lesser dung flylarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Quinlan, J., 1978Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: EucoilidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 8. Part 1b, 58pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Cothonaspis gracilis (a small parasitic wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cothonaspis gracilis (a small parasitic wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCothonaspis gracilis (a small parasitic wasp)
GenusCothonaspis (a genus of small parasitic wasps)
TribeKleidotomini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyEUCOILINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyFIGITIDAE (a family of insect endoparasitoid wasps)
SuperfamilyCYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid 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 Cothonaspis gracilis (a small parasitic wasp)

Cothonaspis gracilis (a small parasitic wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cothonaspis gracilis (a small parasitic wasp):

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