Medina luctuosa (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Medina luctuosa 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 abdomen of imago Foreign Altica a genus of flea betles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina luctuosa/Medina luctuosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica/Alticaa genus of flea betlesabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Altica longicollis a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina luctuosa/Medina luctuosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica longicollis/Altica longicollisa flea beetleabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Altica lythri a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina luctuosa/Medina luctuosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica lythri/Altica lythria flea beetleabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Altica oleraceaQuestionable a flea beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Observations on the biology and ecology of the chrysomelid genus Haltica Geoff. in Britain, Phillips, W.M., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina luctuosa/Medina luctuosaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica oleracea/Altica oleraceaa flea beetle?abdomenimago

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
Phillips, W.M., 1977Observations on the biology and ecology of the chrysomelid genus Haltica Geoff. in BritainEcological Entomology 2: 205-216.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMedina luctuosa (a parasitoid fly)
GenusMedina (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeBlondeliini (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Medina luctuosa (a parasitoid fly)

Medina luctuosa (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 Medina luctuosa (a parasitoid fly):

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