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Phthorima compressa (Desvignes, 1856) (an ichneumon wasp)

Suggested Literature

Phthorima compressa 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)
Phthorimus
(a genus of ichneumon wasps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Phthorima compressa is associated with:

Photos larva Syrphidae - hover flies, drone flies, flower flies (Diptera) larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva UK/Ireland Questionable Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
larva Neocnemodon fulvimanus (Diptera: Syrphidae) larva is parasitoid of puparium Foreign Fitton, M.G. & Boston, M., 1988 [Germany]

There may be more taxa associated with Phthorima compressa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Phthorima compressa:

Phthorima compressa 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. & Boston, M., 1988 The British Species of Phthorima (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
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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