Platygaster betularia Kieffer, 1916
(a platygastrid wasp)

Interactions where Platygaster betularia 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 endoparasitises larva Semudobia betulae a gall midge Diptera: Cecidomyiidae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Platygastridae/Platygaster betularia/Platygaster betulariaa platygastrid wasplarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Semudobia betulae/Semudobia betulaea gall midgelarva (-8)

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatygaster betularia (a platygastrid wasp)
GenusPlatygaster (a genus of platygastrid wasps)
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 Platygaster betularia (a platygastrid wasp)

Platygaster betularia (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 Platygaster betularia (a platygastrid wasp):

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