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Platycheirus (a genus of hoverflies)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
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:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Platycheirus is associated with:

larva

Aphidoidea - aphids (Homoptera)

larva is predator of

Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [ground layer spp]

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

Associated with Platycheirus:

aphidivorous larva

aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva

Syrphoctonus pictus - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982

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

References