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Platycheirus fulviventris (Macquart, 1827) (a hoverfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Platycheirus fulviventris Male imago 9 July 1998 Berks England 5

Suggested Literature

Platycheirus fulviventris may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Platycheirus fulviventris is associated with:

larva Hyalopterus pruni - Mealy Plum Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) larva is predator of Rotheray, G.E., 1993
Photos larva Liliidae - monocotyledonous flowering plants larva is associated with aphid-infested Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in wetlands]

There may be more taxa associated with Platycheirus fulviventris listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)
SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)
Platycheirus
(a genus of hoverflies)

Associated with Platycheirus fulviventris:

Platycheirus fulviventris may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)
Platycheirus
(a genus of hoverflies)

References

Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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