Eriothrix rufomaculata (De Geer, 1776)
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Eriothrix rufomaculata 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 Foreign Ammobiota festivaQuestionable (A Tiger Moth) Lepidoptera: Erebidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eriothrix rufomaculata/Eriothrix rufomaculataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Ammobiota festiva/Ammobiota festiva(a tiger moth)?larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of subterranean larva UK/Ireland Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass Veneer, Garden Grass-veneer Lepidoptera: Crambidae Eriothrix rufomaculata (De Geer, 1776) (Diptera, Tachinidae) reared from Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) - a first British host record, Paston, S. & Rotheray, G., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eriothrix rufomaculata/Eriothrix rufomaculataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Chrysoteuchia culmella/Chrysoteuchia culmellagarden grass veneer, garden grass-veneersubterraneanlarva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Foreign Dendrolimus piniQuestionable Pine Tree Lappet, Pine-tree Lappet Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Eriothrix rufomaculata/Eriothrix rufomaculataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lasiocampidae/Dendrolimus pini/Dendrolimus pinipine tree lappet, pine-tree lappet?larva

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
Paston, S. & Rotheray, G., 2009Eriothrix rufomaculata (De Geer, 1776) (Diptera, Tachinidae) reared from Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) - a first British host recordDipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 16, No. 1: 3-6.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEriothrix rufomaculata (a parasitoid fly)
TribeVoriini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyDEXIINAE (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 Eriothrix rufomaculata (a parasitoid fly)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Paston, S. & Rotheray, G. 2009 Eriothrix rufomaculata (De Geer, 1776) (Diptera, Tachinidae) reared from Chrysoteuchia culmella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) - a first British host record Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 16, No. 1: 3-6.

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

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