Brachymeria tibialis (Walker, 1834)
(a hymenopteran)

Interactions where Brachymeria tibialis 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
pupa pupa rests inside cocoon UK/Ireland Zygaena filipendulae Six-spot Burnet Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae The third modern British record of Brachymeria tibialis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), reared from Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)., Shaw, M.R., Comont, R., McCracken, M., Hesketh, H., Roy, H. & Hails, R.S., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Chalcididae/Brachymeria tibialis/Brachymeria tibialisa hymenopteranpupa Animal / resting place / withinUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Zygaenidae/Zygaena filipendulae/Zygaena filipendulaesix-spot burnetcocoon

Author & YearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R., Comont, R., McCracken, M., Hesketh, H., Roy, H. & Hails, R.S., 2010The third modern British record of Brachymeria tibialis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), reared from Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae).Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 23: 170.

Brachymeria tibialis (a hymenopteran) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Brachymeria tibialis (a hymenopteran) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBrachymeria tibialis (a hymenopteran)
GenusBrachymeria (a genus of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyCHALCIDINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyCHALCIDIDAE (thick-legged chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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 Brachymeria tibialis (a hymenopteran)

Brachymeria tibialis (a hymenopteran) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
R.R. Askew & Shaw, M.R. 2001 Brachymeria tibialis (Walker, 1834) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a parasitoid of Zygaena Fabricius, 1777, and other Lepidoptera 6 Ent. Gazette 263-268.
Shaw, M.R., Comont, R., McCracken, M., Hesketh, H., Roy, H. & Hails, R.S. 2010 The third modern British record of Brachymeria tibialis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), reared from Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 23: 170.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Brachymeria tibialis (a hymenopteran):

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