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Platycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #macrophotos #refs #webs
Species Platycheirus albimanus (Fabricius, 1781) (a hoverfly) 3 1  
Aggregate Platycheirus clypeatus agg. (a hoverfly) 9    
Species Platycheirus fulviventris (Macquart, 1827) (a hoverfly) 5   2
Species Platycheirus immarginatus (Zetterstedt, 1849) (a hoverfly)     2
Species Platycheirus manicatus (Meigen, 1822) (a hoverfly)     1
Aggregate Platycheirus peltatus agg. (a hoverfly)      
Species Platycheirus peltatus (Meigen, 1822) (a hoverfly)     1
Species Platycheirus perpallidus Verrall, 1901 (a hoverfly)     2
Species Platycheirus scutatus (Meigen, 1822) (a hoverfly)     2

Suggested Literature

Platycheirus 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 is associated with:

Photos larva Aphidoidea - aphids (Homoptera) larva is predator of Major Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [ground layer spp]

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

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

Associated with Platycheirus:

aphidivorous larva aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva Syrphoctonus pictus - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) UK/Ireland Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982

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

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies)

References

Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982 A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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