BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus, 1758) (a hoverfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Syrphus ribesii	Male imago	20 July 2004	Berks	England	6	5
Syrphus ribesii	Female imago	20 July 2004	Berks	England	5	3

Suggested Literature

Syrphus ribesii may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Syrphus ribesii is associated with:

	larva	Aphidoidea - aphids (Homoptera)	larva is predator of		Rotheray, G.E., 1993
	larva	Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae)	larva is associated with aphid-infested		Rotheray, G.E., 1993

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

Associated with Syrphus ribesii:

	aphidivorous larva	aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva	Syrphoctonus tarsatorius - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)		Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
	aphidivorous larva	aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva	Syrphophilus tricinctorius - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)		Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
	egg	egg is parasitoid host of larva	Syrphophilus tricinctorius - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)		Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982

Syrphus ribesii may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References