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Parhelophilus (a genus of hoverflies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos
Species Parhelophilus frutetorum (Fabricius, 1775) (a hoverfly) 11  
Species Parhelophilus versicolor (Fabricius, 1787) (a hoverfly)   4

Suggested Literature

Parhelophilus 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

Parhelophilus is associated with:

Photos larva Typhaceae - bulrushes larva is associated with wet, decaying plant Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in ponds and slow-moving streams]

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

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

Associated with Parhelophilus:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Diapria - a genus of small parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993

Parhelophilus 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

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

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