Metaclisis phragmitis Debauche, 1947
(a platygastrid wasp)

Interactions where Metaclisis phragmitis 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 Semudobia betulae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Platygastridae/Metaclisis phragmitis/Metaclisis phragmitisa platygastrid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Semudobia betulae/Semudobia betulaea gall midgelarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Semudobia tarda a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Platygastridae/Metaclisis phragmitis/Metaclisis phragmitisa platygastrid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Semudobia tarda/Semudobia tardaa gall midgelarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992Plant GallsNaturalists’ Handbooks, No 17, 99pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Metaclisis phragmitis (a platygastrid wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Metaclisis phragmitis (a platygastrid wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMetaclisis phragmitis (a platygastrid wasp)
GenusMetaclisis (a genus of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyPLATYGASTRINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyPLATYGASTRIDAE (platygastrid wasps)
SuperfamilyPLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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 Metaclisis phragmitis (a platygastrid wasp)

Metaclisis phragmitis (a platygastrid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Metaclisis phragmitis (a platygastrid wasp):

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