Dinera carinifrons (Fallén, 1817)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Dinera carinifrons 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 Agrilinus ater a dung beetle Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
The host of Billaea carinifrons (Fallén) (Dipt., Tachinidae), Pelham-Clinton, E.C., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Dinera carinifrons/Dinera carinifronsa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Agrilinus ater/Agrilinus atera dung beetlelarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Pelham-Clinton, E.C., 1959The host of Billaea carinifrons (Fallén) (Dipt., Tachinidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. 95: 87.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDinera carinifrons (a parasitoid fly)
TribeDexiini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyDEXIINAE (a subfamily of parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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 Dinera carinifrons (a parasitoid fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pelham-Clinton, E.C. 1959 The host of Billaea carinifrons (Fallén) (Dipt., Tachinidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 95: 87.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Dinera carinifrons (a parasitoid fly):

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