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Syrphoctonus pictus (Gravenhorst, 1829) (an ichneumon wasp)

Suggested Literature

Syrphoctonus pictus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
ICHNEUMONOIDEA ICHNEUMONIDAE
(a family of ichneumon wasps)
DIPLAZONTINAE
(diplazontine ichneumons)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Syrphoctonus pictus is associated with:

Photos larva Platycheirus - a genus of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva UK/Ireland Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
larva Platycheirus scutatus - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva UK/Ireland Major Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982

There may be more taxa associated with Syrphoctonus pictus listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
DIPLAZONTINAE
(diplazontine ichneumons)

Associated with Syrphoctonus pictus:

Syrphoctonus pictus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
ICHNEUMONIDAE
(a family of ichneumon wasps)

References

Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982 A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna

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