Tersilochus obscurator (Aubert, 1959)
(a tersilochine ichneumon)

Interactions where Tersilochus obscurator 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/IrelandMajor Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus Cabbage Stem Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae The separation of two hymenopteran parasitoids, Tersilochus obscurator and Tersilochus microgaster (Ichneumonidae), of stem-mining pests of winter oilseed rape using DNA, morphometric and ecological data, Barari, H., Ferguson, A.W., Piper, R.W., Smith, E., Quicke, D.L.J. & Williams, I.H., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Tersilochus obscurator/Tersilochus obscuratora tersilochine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus/Ceutorhynchus pallidactyluscabbage stem weevillarvaMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Barari, H., Ferguson, A.W., Piper, R.W., Smith, E., Quicke, D.L.J. & Williams, I.H., 2005The separation of two hymenopteran parasitoids, Tersilochus obscurator and Tersilochus microgaster (Ichneumonidae), of stem-mining pests of winter oilseed rape using DNA, morphometric and ecological dataBulletin of Entomological Research Vol 95: 299-307.

Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon)
GenusTersilochus (a genus of tersilochine ichneumons)
SubfamilyTERSILOCHINAE (tersilochine ichneumon wasps)
FamilyICHNEUMONIDAE (ichneumon 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 Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Barari, H., Ferguson, A.W., Piper, R.W., Smith, E., Quicke, D.L.J. & Williams, I.H. 2005 The separation of two hymenopteran parasitoids, Tersilochus obscurator and Tersilochus microgaster (Ichneumonidae), of stem-mining pests of winter oilseed rape using DNA, morphometric and ecological data Bulletin of Entomological Research Vol 95: 299-307.

Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 27 images of Tersilochus obscurator (a tersilochine ichneumon)
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