Gymnocheta viridis (Fallen, 1810)
(a parasitoid green bottle)

Interactions where Gymnocheta viridis is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 Scotopteryx chenopodiataQuestionable Shaded Broad-bar Lepidoptera: Geometridae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gymnocheta viridis/Gymnocheta viridisa parasitoid green bottlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Scotopteryx chenopodiata/Scotopteryx chenopodiatashaded broad-bar?larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Denticucullus pygmina Small Wainscot Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gymnocheta viridis/Gymnocheta viridisa parasitoid green bottlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Denticucullus pygmina/Denticucullus pygminasmall wainscotlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Mesapamea secalis Common Rustic Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gymnocheta viridis/Gymnocheta viridisa parasitoid green bottlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Mesapamea secalis/Mesapamea secaliscommon rusticlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Photedes minima Small Dotted Buff Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Gymnocheta viridis/Gymnocheta viridisa parasitoid green bottlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Photedes minima/Photedes minimasmall dotted bufflarva

Gymnocheta viridis (a parasitoid green bottle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnocheta viridis (a parasitoid green bottle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnocheta viridis (a parasitoid green bottle)
TribeErnestiini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
Section Calyptratae (dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue & green bottles)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 Gymnocheta viridis (a parasitoid green bottle)

Gymnocheta viridis (a parasitoid green bottle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gymnocheta viridis (a parasitoid green bottle):

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