Gonia picea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Gonia picea 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 Foreign Mamestra brassicae Cabbage Moth Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gonia picea/Gonia piceaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Mamestra brassicae/Mamestra brassicaecabbage mothlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Leucania comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gonia picea/Gonia piceaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Leucania comma/Leucania commashoulder-striped wainscotlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Cerapteryx graminis Antler, Antler Moth Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gonia picea/Gonia piceaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Cerapteryx graminis/Cerapteryx graminisantler, antler mothlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gonia picea/Gonia piceaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Xestia xanthographa/Xestia xanthographasquare-spot rusticlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Staurophora celsia (A Moth) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gonia picea/Gonia piceaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Staurophora celsia/Staurophora celsia(a moth)larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Polygonia c-album Comma Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gonia picea/Gonia piceaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Polygonia c-album/Polygonia c-albumcommalarva

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGonia picea (a parasitoid fly)
GenusGonia (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeGoniini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyEXORISTINAE (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)
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Gonia picea (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gonia picea (a parasitoid fly):

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