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Microsoma exigua (Meigen, 1824) (a parasitoid fly)

Suggested Literature

General Works

Berry, P.A. & Parker, H.L., 1950 Notes on parasites of Sitona in Europe, with especial reference to Campogaster exigua (Meig.)

Microsoma exigua may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CALYPTRATA
(calypterate flies)
TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Microsoma exigua is associated with:

larva Polydrusus inustus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larva is endoparasitoid of imago Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva Sitona - a genus of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larva is endoparasitoid of imago Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993
Berry, P.A. & Parker, H.L., 1950
larva Hypera postica - Clover Leaf Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larva is endoparasitoid of imago Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

There may be more taxa associated with Microsoma exigua listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with Microsoma exigua:

Microsoma exigua may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Berry, P.A. & Parker, H.L., 1950 Notes on parasites of Sitona in Europe, with especial reference to Campogaster exigua (Meig.)

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