Phalacrotophora fasciata (Fallén, 1823)
(a scuttle fly)

Interactions where Phalacrotophora fasciata 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 prepupa			Adalia bipunctata	Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Adalia bipunctata/	Adalia bipunctata	two-spot ladybird, 2-spot ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Adalia bipunctata	Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Adalia bipunctata/	Adalia bipunctata	two-spot ladybird, 2-spot ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Anatis ocellata	Eyed Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Anatis ocellata/	Anatis ocellata	eyed ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Anatis ocellata	Eyed Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Anatis ocellata/	Anatis ocellata	eyed ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Calvia quattuordecimguttata	Cream-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Calvia quattuordecimguttata/	Calvia quattuordecimguttata	cream-spot ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Calvia quattuordecimguttata	Cream-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Calvia quattuordecimguttata/	Calvia quattuordecimguttata	cream-spot ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Chilocorus bipustulatus	Heather Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus bipustulatus/	Chilocorus bipustulatus	heather ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Chilocorus bipustulatus	Heather Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus bipustulatus/	Chilocorus bipustulatus	heather ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Chilocorus renipustulatus	Kidney-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus renipustulatus/	Chilocorus renipustulatus	kidney-spot ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Chilocorus renipustulatus	Kidney-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Chilocorus renipustulatus/	Chilocorus renipustulatus	kidney-spot ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Coccinella septempunctata	Seven-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Coccinella septempunctata/	Coccinella septempunctata	seven-spot ladybird, 7-spot ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Coccinella septempunctata	Seven-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Coccinella septempunctata/	Coccinella septempunctata	seven-spot ladybird, 7-spot ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Hippodamia variegata	Adonis’ Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Hippodamia variegata/	Hippodamia variegata	Adonis' ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Hippodamia variegata	Adonis’ Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Hippodamia variegata/	Hippodamia variegata	Adonis' ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Myzia oblongoguttata	Striped Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Myzia oblongoguttata/	Myzia oblongoguttata	striped ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Myzia oblongoguttata	Striped Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Myzia oblongoguttata/	Myzia oblongoguttata	striped ladybird				pupa (newly formed)
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of prepupa			Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata	Twenty-two-spot Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata/	Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata	twenty-two-spot Ladybird, 22-spot ladybird				prepupa
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of pupa (newly formed)			Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata	Twenty-two-spot Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora fasciata/	Phalacrotophora fasciata	a scuttle fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata/	Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata	twenty-two-spot Ladybird, 22-spot ladybird				pupa (newly formed)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	Ladybirds	Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly)
Genus	Phalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
Family	PHORIDAE (scuttle flies)
Superfamily	PLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
Infraorder	Eremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Phalacrotophora fasciata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly)

Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Phalacrotophora
(ladybird parasite scuttle flies)

PHORIDAE
(scuttle flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phalacrotophora fasciata (a scuttle fly):

Phalacrotophora
(ladybird parasite scuttle flies)

PHORIDAE
(scuttle flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

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