Eriothrix prolixa (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Eriothrix prolixa 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 Pyrausta porphyralisQuestionable (A Pyralid) Lepidoptera: Crambidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eriothrix prolixa/Eriothrix prolixaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Pyrausta porphyralis/Pyrausta porphyralis(a pyralid)?larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Uncinus obductella Kent Knot-horn, Marjoram Knot-horn Lepidoptera: Pyralidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera, Emmet, A.M. (Ed.), 1988
Field Meeting: Halling, Kent., Hards, C.H., 1958
Miscellaneous notes on Diptera. Part 1: Tachinidae and parasitic Calliphoridae, Uffen, R.W.J., 1961
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eriothrix prolixa/Eriothrix prolixaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pyralidae/Uncinus obductella/Uncinus obductellaKent knot-horn, marjoram knot-hornlarva

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
Emmet, A.M. (Ed.), 1988A Field Guide to the Smaller British Lepidoptera2nd, revised & enlarged edition, 288pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Hards, C.H., 1958Field Meeting: Halling, Kent.Proceedings and Transactions of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society 1958: 73.
Uffen, R.W.J., 1961Miscellaneous notes on Diptera. Part 1: Tachinidae and parasitic CalliphoridaeEnt. Gazette 2: 46-49.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEriothrix prolixa (a parasitoid fly)
TribeVoriini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyDEXIINAE (a subfamily of 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 Eriothrix prolixa (a parasitoid fly)

Eriothrix prolixa (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hards, C.H. 1958 Field Meeting: Halling, Kent. Proceedings and Transactions of the South London Entomological and Natural History Society 1958: 73.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Eriothrix prolixa (a parasitoid fly):

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