Phalacrotophora beuki Disney
((A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly))

Interactions where Phalacrotophora beuki 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 pupa ForeignRestricted Anatis ocellata Eyed Ladybird Coleoptera: Coccinellidae Phalacrotophora beuki (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of ladybird pupae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Durska, E., Ceryngier, P. & Disney, R.H.L., 2003
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Phoridae/Phalacrotophora beuki/Phalacrotophora beuki(a ladybird parasite scuttle fly)larva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Anatis ocellata/Anatis ocellataeyed ladybirdpupaSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Durska, E., Ceryngier, P. & Disney, R.H.L., 2003Phalacrotophora beuki (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of ladybird pupae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)European Journal of Entomology Vol 100: 627-630.

Phalacrotophora beuki (A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phalacrotophora beuki (A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhalacrotophora beuki ((A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly))
GenusPhalacrotophora (ladybird parasite scuttle flies)
FamilyPHORIDAE (scuttle flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Durska, E., Ceryngier, P. & Disney, R.H.L. 2003 Phalacrotophora beuki (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of ladybird pupae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) European Journal of Entomology Vol 100: 627-630.

Phalacrotophora beuki (A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle 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 Phalacrotophora beuki (A Ladybird Parasite Scuttle Fly):

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