Lipara lucens Meigen, 1830
(Cigar Gall - causative organism)

Interactions where Lipara lucens 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 causes gall of galled stem Restricted Phragmites australis Common Reed Poales: Poaceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/Lipara lucenscigar gall - causative organismlarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/Phragmites australiscommon reedgalledstemSole (summer)

Interactions where Lipara lucens 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
(gall-inhabiting) gall-inhabiting larva is parasitoid host of larva UK/IrelandRestricted Polemochartus liparae a death wasp Hymenoptera: Braconidae Polemochartus melas (Giraud) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae) new to Britain, Shaw, M.R. & Jennings, M.T., 2008
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Polemochartus liparae/Polemochartus liparaea death wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/Lipara lucenscigar gall - causative organismgall-inhabitinglarvaSole larva is parasitoid of gall-inhabiting larva
gall gall of larva with inquiline larva Major Anthomyza collini an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza collini/Anthomyza collinian anthomyzid flylarva Animal / inquiline /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/Lipara lucenscigar gall - causative organismgalllarvaMajor larva is inquiline in gall of larva
gall gall of larva with inquiline larva Anthomyza gracilis an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza gracilis/Anthomyza gracilisan anthomyzid flylarva Animal / inquiline /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/Lipara lucenscigar gall - causative organismgalllarva larva is inquiline in gall of larva
gall (effete) effete gall may attract nest Foreign Heriades rubicola Small-headed Resin Bee Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)., Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Heriades rubicola/Heriades rubicolasmall-headed resin beenest Animal / associateForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara lucens/Lipara lucenscigar gall - causative organismeffetegall nest is associated with effete gall

Author & YearTitleSource
Cross, I. & Notton, D.G., 2017Small-headed resin bee, Heriades rubicola, new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 1-8.
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992Plant GallsNaturalists’ Handbooks, No 17, 99pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.
Shaw, M.R. & Jennings, M.T., 2008Polemochartus melas (Giraud) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae) new to BritainEnt. Gazette Vol 59: 114-116.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism)
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 lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism)

Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gunter, R. An apartment in the reeds (Lipara lucens) www.naturbildarchiv-guenter.de/fotoreportagen/eine-wohnung-im-schilf-schilffliege-lipara-lucens/

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lipara lucens (Cigar Gall - causative organism):

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