Lemophagus curtus Townes, 1965
(an ichneumon wasp)

Interactions where Lemophagus curtus 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 parasitoid of larva UK/Ireland Oulema erichsonii a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Lemophagus curtus/Lemophagus curtusan ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema erichsonii/Oulema erichsoniia leaf beetlelarva

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

Lemophagus curtus (an ichneumon wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lemophagus curtus (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLemophagus curtus (an ichneumon wasp)
GenusLemophagus (a genus of campoplegine ichneumon wasps)
SubfamilyCAMPOPLEGINAE (campoplegine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic 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 Lemophagus curtus (an ichneumon wasp)

Lemophagus curtus (an ichneumon wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Haeselbarth, E. 1989 Über die Larven einiger beim Weizenhähnchen Oulema lichenis (Voet,1806) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) parasitierende Schlupfwespen (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Vol 10 (27): 425-444.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lemophagus curtus (an ichneumon wasp):

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