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Bessa selecta (Meigen, 1824) (a parasitoid fly)

Suggested Literature

General Works

Barfoot, S.D., 1957 Oviposition of Ptychomiya selecta

Bessa selecta 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

Bessa selecta is associated with:

larva Anthonomus pomorum - Apple Blossom Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
larva Cladius pectinicornis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
Photos larva Hemichroa crocea - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
larva Nematus pavidus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993 [UMO]
Photos larva Nematus ribesii - Gooseberry Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Questionable Belshaw, R., 1993
larva Priophorus pallipes - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Questionable Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
larva Pristiphora moesta - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) larva is endoparasitoid of larva Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

There may be more taxa associated with Bessa selecta listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Bessa selecta:

Bessa selecta 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)

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