Lipara Meigen, 1830
(chloropid reed-gall flies)

Interactions where Lipara is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part 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 Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Siphona pauciseta a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Siphona pauciseta/Siphona paucisetaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara/Liparachloropid reed-gall flieslarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
gall gall with inquiline larva Cryptonevra flavitarsis a chloropid fly Diptera: Chloropidae Morphology of preimaginal stages of Cryptonevra flavitarsis (Diptera: Chloropidae) – an inquiline in galls formed by Lipara flies on common reed, Grochowska, M., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Cryptonevra flavitarsis/Cryptonevra flavitarsisa chloropid flylarva Animal / inquiline /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara/Liparachloropid reed-gall fliesgall larva is inquiline in gall
gall gall with inquiline larva Incertella zuercheri a fly Diptera: Chloropidae Morphology of preimaginal stages of Incertella zuercheri Duda 1933 (Diptera: Chloropidae) – an inquiline in galls formed by Lipara flies on common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.), Grochowska, M., 2008
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Incertella zuercheri/Incertella zuercheria flylarva Animal / inquiline /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara/Liparachloropid reed-gall fliesgall larva is inquiline in gall

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
Grochowska, M., 2008Morphology of preimaginal stages of Cryptonevra flavitarsis (Diptera: Chloropidae) – an inquiline in galls formed by Lipara flies on common reedEntomologica Fennica Vol 19: 18-24.
Grochowska, M., 2008Morphology of preimaginal stages of Incertella zuercheri Duda 1933 (Diptera: Chloropidae) – an inquiline in galls formed by Lipara flies on common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.)Annales de la Société Entomologique de France Vol 44 (2): 181-186.

Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Lipara lucens
Cigar Gall - causative organism
Species 5 trophisms 1 references
Lipara pullitarsis
a chloropid fly
Species 1 trophisms 2 references
Lipara rufitarsis
a chloropid fly
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Lipara similis
Cigarillo Gall-fly
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)
FamilyCHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Chvala, M., Doskocil, J., Mook, J.H. & Pokorny, V. 1974 The genus Lipara Meigen (Diptera, Chloropidae), systematics, morphology, behaviour, and ecology Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 117: 1-33.

Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies):

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