Lipara pullitarsis Doskocil & Chvala, 1971
(a chloropid fly)

Interactions where Lipara pullitarsis 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 causes gall of flower stem Phragmites australis Common Reed Poales: Poaceae Characteristics of the galls formed by Lipara pullitarsis Doskočil & Chvála, 1971 (Diptera, Chloropidae) on common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud, 1841), Janicka, A. & Maria Grochowska, M., 2015
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Chloropidae/Lipara pullitarsis/Lipara pullitarsisa chloropid flylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phragmites australis/Phragmites australiscommon reedflower stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Janicka, A. & Maria Grochowska, M., 2015Characteristics of the galls formed by Lipara pullitarsis Doskočil & Chvála, 1971 (Diptera, Chloropidae) on common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud, 1841)Section C Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Vol 70 (2): 7-18.

Lipara pullitarsis (a chloropid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lipara pullitarsis (a chloropid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLipara pullitarsis (a chloropid fly)
GenusLipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)
FamilyCHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Lipara pullitarsis (a chloropid fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Grochowska, M. 2006 Morphology of preimaginal stages of Lipara pullitarsis Doskočil & Chvála, 1971 (Diptera: Chloropidae) - a gall-forming fly in the common reed (Phragmites australis) Entomologica Fennica Vol 17: 387-393.
Janicka, A. & Maria Grochowska, M. 2015 Characteristics of the galls formed by Lipara pullitarsis Doskočil & Chvála, 1971 (Diptera, Chloropidae) on common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud, 1841) Section C Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Vol 70 (2): 7-18.

Lipara pullitarsis (a chloropid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lipara pullitarsis (a chloropid fly):

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