Dacnusa Haliday, 1833
(sheep-shears death wasps)

Interactions where Dacnusa 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 Napomyza a genus of leaf-mining flies Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Dacnusa/Dacnusasheep-shears death waspslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Napomyza/Napomyzaa genus of leaf-mining flieslarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Dacnusa (sheep-shears death wasps) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dacnusa (sheep-shears death wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Dacnusa sibirica
a sheep-shears wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDacnusa (sheep-shears death wasps)
TribeDacnusini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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 Dacnusa (sheep-shears death wasps)

Dacnusa (sheep-shears death wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dacnusa (sheep-shears death wasps):

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