Cinochira atra Zetterstedt, 1845
(a bug parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Cinochira atra 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 nymph			Drymus brunneus	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus/	Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus	a ground bug				nymph
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of imago			Drymus brunneus	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus/	Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus	a ground bug				imago
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of nymph			Drymus sylvaticus	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus/	Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus	a ground bug				nymph
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of imago			Drymus sylvaticus	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus/	Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus	a ground bug				imago
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of			Eremocoris plebejus	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid		Foreign	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Eremocoris plebejus/	Eremocoris plebejus	a ground bug
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of nymph			Scolopostethus decoratus	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Scolopostethus decoratus/	Scolopostethus decoratus	a ground bug				nymph
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of imago			Scolopostethus decoratus	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Scolopostethus decoratus/	Scolopostethus decoratus	a ground bug				imago
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of nymph			Scolopostethus thomsoni	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Scolopostethus thomsoni/	Scolopostethus thomsoni	a ground bug				nymph
larva		larva is endoparasitoid of imago			Scolopostethus thomsoni	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/Cinochira atra/	Cinochira atra	a bug parasitoid fly				larva	Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Scolopostethus thomsoni/	Scolopostethus thomsoni	a ground bug				imago

Author & Year	Title	Source
Belshaw, R., 1993	Tachinid 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., 1962	Some notes on natural enemies of Lygaeidae	Ent. Mon. Mag. 98: 226-227.

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cinochira atra (a bug parasitoid fly)
Tribe	Leucostomatini (a tribe of bug parasitoid flies)
Subfamily	PHASIINAE (bug parasitoid flies)
Family	TACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
Superfamily	OESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cinochira atra is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cinochira atra (a bug parasitoid fly)

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

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cinochira atra (a bug parasitoid fly):

TACHINIDAE
(parasitoid flies)

OESTROIDEA
(blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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