Phasia pusilla Meigen, 1824
(a bug parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Phasia pusilla 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 ANTHOCORIDAE flower bugs Hemiptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Anthocoridaeflower bugs
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign BERYTIDAE stiltbugs Hemiptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Berytidae/Berytidaestiltbugs
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign LYGAEIDAE seed bugs or ground bugs Hemiptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Lygaeidaeseed bugs or ground bugs
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Stygnocoris fuligineus a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Some notes on natural enemies of Lygaeidae, Eyles, A.C., 1962
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Stygnocoris fuligineus/Stygnocoris fuligineusa ground bug
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Stygnocoris sabulosus a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Some notes on natural enemies of Lygaeidae, Eyles, A.C., 1962
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Stygnocoris sabulosus/Stygnocoris sabulosusa ground bug
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign CYDNIDAE a family of shieldbugs Hemiptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Cydnidaea family of shieldbugs

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
Eyles, A.C., 1962Some notes on natural enemies of LygaeidaeEnt. Mon. Mag. 98: 226-227.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
GenusPhasia (a genus of bug parasitoid flies)
TribePhasiini (a tribe of 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 Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)

Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Eyles, A.C. 1962 Some notes on natural enemies of Lygaeidae Ent. Mon. Mag. 98: 226-227.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 21 images of Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)