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

Interactions where Medina separata 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 CHRYSOMELIDAE leaf and flea beetles Coleoptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina separata/Medina separataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysomelidaeleaf and flea beetlesabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Phratora vitellinae Brassy Willow Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina separata/Medina separataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Phratora vitellinae/Phratora vitellinaebrassy willow beetleabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Foreign COCCINELLIDAE ladybirds, ladybugs Coleoptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina separata/Medina separataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Coccinellidaeladybirds, ladybugsabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Adalia decempunctata Ten-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird Coleoptera: Coccinellidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
Medina separata (Meigen) (Dipt., Tachinidae) new to Britain, Ford, T.H., 1989
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Medina separata/Medina separataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Adalia decempunctata/Adalia decempunctataten-spot ladybird, 10-spot ladybirdabdomenimago

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
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 103: 23-38.
Ford, T.H., 1989Medina separata (Meigen) (Dipt., Tachinidae) new to BritainEnt. Mon. Mag. 125: 139-140.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMedina separata (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 separata (a parasitoid fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Banks, C.J. 1956 A second record of a tachinid (Dipt.) parasite bred from one of the Coccinellidae (Col., Coccinellidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 92: 188.
Ford, T.H. 1989 Medina separata (Meigen) (Dipt., Tachinidae) new to Britain Ent. Mon. Mag. 125: 139-140.
Walker, M.F. 1962 Degeeria luctuosa (Meig.) (Dipt., Tachinidae) as a Coccinellid parasite Ent. Mon. Mag. 98: 20.

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

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