Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve, 1912
(a parasitoid fly)

Interactions where Carcelia laxifrons 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 Euproctis chrysorrhoea Brown-tail Lepidoptera: Erebidae Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain and a revised key to the British Carcelia species., Raper, C.M., Smith, M.N. & Gibbs, G.J., 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Carcelia laxifrons/Carcelia laxifronsa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Euproctis chrysorrhoea/Euproctis chrysorrhoeabrown-taillarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Raper, C.M., Smith, M.N. & Gibbs, G.J., 2006Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain and a revised key to the British Carcelia species.Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 49-55.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly)
GenusCarcelia (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeEryciini (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 Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Raper, C.M., Smith, M.N. & Gibbs, G.J. 2006 Carcelia laxifrons Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain and a revised key to the British Carcelia species. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 49-55.

Carcelia laxifrons (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 Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Carcelia laxifrons (a parasitoid fly)
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