Nasonia vitripennis (Walker, 1836)
(a chalcid wasp)

Interactions where Nasonia vitripennis 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, pupa larva, pupa is endoparasitoid of puparium Minor Crataerina hirundinisQuestionable a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Nasonia vitripennis/Nasonia vitripennisa chalcid wasplarva, pupa Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Crataerina hirundinis/Crataerina hirundinisa flat fly?pupariumMinor
larva, pupa larva, pupa is endoparasitoid of puparium Minor Crataerina pallida a flat fly Diptera: Hippoboscidae Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Nasonia vitripennis/Nasonia vitripennisa chalcid wasplarva, pupa Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Crataerina pallida/Crataerina pallidaa flat flypupariumMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Hutson, A.M., 1984Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Nasonia vitripennis (a chalcid wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Nasonia vitripennis (a chalcid wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNasonia vitripennis (a chalcid wasp)
SubfamilyPTEROMALINAE (a subfamily of chalcid wasps)
FamilyPTEROMALIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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 Nasonia vitripennis (a chalcid wasp)

Nasonia vitripennis (a chalcid wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Nasonia vitripennis (a chalcid wasp):

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