Cylindromyia brassicaria (Fabricius, 1775)
(a shield bug parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Cylindromyia brassicaria 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 endoparasitoid of Foreign Dolycoris a genus of shieldbugs Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Cylindromyia brassicaria/Cylindromyia brassicariaa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Dolycoris/Dolycorisa genus of shieldbugs
larva larva is endoparasitoid of ForeignMajor Dolycoris baccarum Hairy Shieldbug, Sloebug, Sloe Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Cylindromyia brassicaria/Cylindromyia brassicariaa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Dolycoris baccarum/Dolycoris baccarumhairy shieldbug, sloebug, sloe shieldbugMajor
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign Palomena prasinaQuestionable Green Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Cylindromyia brassicaria/Cylindromyia brassicariaa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Palomena prasina/Palomena prasinagreen shieldbug?
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign Holcostethus strictus ssp vernalisQuestionable a shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Cylindromyia brassicaria/Cylindromyia brassicariaa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Holcostethus strictus subsp. vernalis/Holcostethus strictus subsp. vernalisa shieldbug?

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Cylindromyia brassicaria (a shield bug parasitoid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cylindromyia brassicaria (a shield bug parasitoid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCylindromyia brassicaria (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
GenusCylindromyia (a genus of shield bug parasite flies)
TribeCylindromyiini (a tribe of shield bug parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyPHASIINAE (bug parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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 Cylindromyia brassicaria (a shield bug parasitoid fly)

Cylindromyia brassicaria (a shield bug parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cylindromyia brassicaria (a shield bug parasitoid fly):

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