Platygerrhus ductilis (Walker, 1836)
(a chalcid wasp)

Interactions where Platygerrhus ductilis 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 parasitoid of larva Anobium punctatum Common Furniture Beetle, Woodworm Coleoptera: Ptinidae Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a), Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Pteromalidae/Platygerrhus ductilis/Platygerrhus ductilisa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ptinidae/Anobium punctatum/Anobium punctatumcommon furniture beetle, woodwormlarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 2 (a), 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatygerrhus ductilis (a chalcid wasp)
GenusPlatygerrhus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
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 Platygerrhus ductilis (a chalcid wasp)

Platygerrhus ductilis (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 Platygerrhus ductilis (a chalcid wasp):

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