Sturmia bella (Meigen, 1824)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Sturmia bella 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 larva UK/Ireland Aglais io Peacock Butterfly Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae Why is the Small Tortoiseshell declining?, Lewis, O. & Hamer, N., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Sturmia bella/Sturmia bellaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais io/Aglais iopeacock butterflylarva (6-7)8(9)
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva UK/Ireland Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae Why is the Small Tortoiseshell declining?, Lewis, O. & Hamer, N., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Sturmia bella/Sturmia bellaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Aglais urticae/Aglais urticaesmall tortoiseshelllarva (6-7)8(9)

Author & YearTitleSource
Lewis, O. & Hamer, N., 2009Why is the Small Tortoiseshell declining?users.ox.ac.uk/~zool0376/Sturmia_bella_report_May09.pdf?

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSturmia bella (a parasitoid fly)
TribeGoniini (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 Sturmia bella (a parasitoid fly)

Sturmia bella (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Coelho, S. 2011 Parasite implicated in decline of Small Tortoiseshell butterfly planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=959
Lewis, O. & Hamer, N. 2009 Why is the Small Tortoiseshell declining? users.ox.ac.uk/~zool0376/Sturmia_bella_report_May09.pdf?

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Sturmia bella (a parasitoid fly):

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