Policheta unicolor (Fallen, 1820)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Policheta unicolor 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 adult Foreign CHRYSOMELIDAE leaf and flea beetles Coleoptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Policheta unicolor/Policheta unicolora parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysomelidaeleaf and flea beetlesadult
larva larva is endoparasitoid of adult Chrysolina banksii a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Policheta unicolor/Policheta unicolora parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina banksii/Chrysolina banksiia leaf beetleadult
larva larva is endoparasitoid of adult Foreign Chrysolina geminata (A Leaf Beetle) Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Policheta unicolor/Policheta unicolora parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina geminata/Chrysolina geminata(a leaf beetle)adult
larva larva is endoparasitoid of adult Foreign Chrysolina graminis Tansy Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Policheta unicolor/Policheta unicolora parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina graminis/Chrysolina graministansy beetleadult
larva larva is endoparasitoid of adult Foreign Chrysolina haemoptera Plantain Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Policheta unicolor/Policheta unicolora parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina haemoptera/Chrysolina haemopteraplantain leaf beetleadult
larva larva is endoparasitoid of adult Foreign Leptinotarsa decemlineata Colorado Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Policheta unicolor/Policheta unicolora parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Leptinotarsa decemlineata/Leptinotarsa decemlineataColorado beetleadult

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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolicheta unicolor (a parasitoid fly)
TribeBlondeliini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyEXORISTINAE (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 Policheta unicolor (a parasitoid fly)

Policheta unicolor (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 Policheta unicolor (a parasitoid fly):

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