Phasia hemiptera (Fabricius, 1794)
(a shield bug parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Phasia hemiptera 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 Palomena prasina Green Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia hemiptera/Phasia hemipteraa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Palomena prasina/Palomena prasinagreen shieldbug
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign Pentatoma metallifera (A Shieldbug) Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia hemiptera/Phasia hemipteraa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Pentatoma metallifera/Pentatoma metallifera(a shieldbug)
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Foreign Pentatoma rufipes Forest Bug, Red-legged Shield Bug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia hemiptera/Phasia hemipteraa shield bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Pentatoma rufipes/Pentatoma rufipesforest bug, red-legged shield bug

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhasia hemiptera (a shield 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 hemiptera (a shield bug parasitoid fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Regional

Gammelmo, Ø. & Sagvolden, B. A. 2007 The tachinid fly Phasia hemiptera (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera, Tachinidae) in Norway NJE Vol 54 (1): 51-54.

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

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