Actia lamia (Meigen, 1838)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Actia lamia 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 larva Foreign Epiblema a genus of tortrix moths Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia lamia/Actia lamiaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Epiblema/Epiblemaa genus of tortrix mothslarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Epiblema foenella White-foot Bell Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera, Emmet, A.M. (Ed.), 1988
Some records of bred Tachinidae, Parmenter, L., 1953
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia lamia/Actia lamiaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Epiblema foenella/Epiblema foenellawhite-foot belllarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Epiblema scutulana Thistle Bell Lepidoptera: Tortricidae Bristol insect fauna: Diptera (part 5), Audcent, H., 1932
Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Miscellaneous notes on Diptera. Part 1: Tachinidae and parasitic Calliphoridae, Uffen, R.W.J., 1961
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia lamia/Actia lamiaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Epiblema scutulana/Epiblema scutulanathistle belllarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Audcent, H., 1932Bristol insect fauna: Diptera (part 5)Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society 7: 358-370.
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
Emmet, A.M. (Ed.), 1988A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera2nd, revised & enlarged edition, 288pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Parmenter, L., 1953Some records of bred TachinidaeEntomologist’s Record and journal of variation 65: 29-31.
Uffen, R.W.J., 1961Miscellaneous notes on Diptera. Part 1: Tachinidae and parasitic CalliphoridaeEnt. Gazette 2: 46-49.

Actia lamia (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Actia lamia (a parasitoid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesActia lamia (a parasitoid fly)
GenusActia (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeSiphonini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
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 Actia lamia (a parasitoid fly)

Actia lamia (a 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 Actia lamia (a parasitoid fly):

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