Zaira cinerea (Fallen, 1810)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Zaira cinerea 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 abdomen of imago Foreign CARABIDAE ground beetles, tiger beetles Coleoptera Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Zaira cinerea/Zaira cinereaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Carabidaeground beetles, tiger beetlesabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Carabus monilis Necklace Ground Beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Viviana cinerea Fallén, parasitic on Carabus monilis F., Ellis, 1926
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Zaira cinerea/Zaira cinereaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Carabus monilis/Carabus monilisnecklace ground beetleabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Carabus violaceus Violet Ground Beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Zaira cinerea/Zaira cinereaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Carabus violaceus/Carabus violaceusviolet ground beetleabdomenimago
larva larva is endoparasitoid of abdomen of imago Pterostichus niger a ground beetle Coleoptera: Carabidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Zaira cinerea/Zaira cinereaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Pterostichus niger/Pterostichus nigera ground beetleabdomenimago

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
Ellis, 1926Viviana cinerea Fallén, parasitic on Carabus monilis F.Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1: 54-55.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZaira cinerea (a parasitoid fly)
TribeBlondeliini (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 Zaira cinerea (a parasitoid fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ellis 1926 Viviana cinerea Fallén, parasitic on Carabus monilis F. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1: 54-55.

Zaira cinerea (a parasitoid fly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Zaira cinerea (a parasitoid fly):

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