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DIPTERA (two-winged flies)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Diptera? Imago 16 July 2007 Cardigan Wales 3 11
Diptera? Imago 16 July 2007 Cardigan Wales 38 17
Diptera? Imago 29 June 2006 East Sussex England 6
Diptera? Larva 24 August 2002 Berks England 5
Diptera Larva 15 April 1976 West Sussex England 1
Diptera 22 May 1975 Berks England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Suborder BRACHYCERA (short-horned flies) 80 258 555   43 4
Suborder CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) 982 1083 1673 127 234 3130
Suborder NEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies) 290 339 794 46 79 265
Suborder PUPIPARA (bat flies and flat flies) 17 15 5   1 105

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

British Leafminers (Leaf miners) Journal
Diptera Info: www.diptera.info E-forum
Dipterists Digest Journal
Micropics: http://micropics.org.uk/ Web Site/Page
Ball, S., in prep. British Families of Diptera
Colyer, C.N. & Hammond, C.O., 1951 Flies of the British Isles
Dipterists Digest (Second Series) Journal
Guthrie, M., 1989 Animals of the Surface Film
György Csóka, 2003 ((Leaf miners)) Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners
Haenni, J-P, 2004 Les Mouches - planches d'Eugène Séguy / Flies - plates by Eugène Séguy
Kirk, W.D.J., 1992 Insects on Cabbages and Oilseed Rape
Oldroyd, H., 1954 Diptera 1. Introduction and Key to Families
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands
Skidmore, P., 1991 Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community
Smith, K.V.G., 1989 Introduction to the immature stages of British Flies, An
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
Unwin, D.M., 1981 A Key to the Families of British Diptera
Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut): http://users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons Web Site/Page

General Works

Dipterists Forum Website: http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk Web Site/Page
UK Leafminers discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukleafminers/join (Leaf-miners) E-forum
Alexander, K.N.A., 2002 The Invertebrates of Living and Decaying Timber in Britain and Ireland - a Provisional Annotated Checklist
Chandler, P., 1966 Notes on some uncommon Diptera
Chandler, P., 1998 Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera
Chandler, P.J., 2003 Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (9)
Chandler, P.J., 2004 Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (10)
Chandler, P.J., 2004 Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (12)
Corrections and changes to the Irish Checklist (2)
Chandler, P.J., 2005 Changes to the Irish List (3)
Chandler, P.J., 2005 Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (13)
Chandler, P.J., 2006 Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (15)
Corrections and changes to the Irish Checklist (5)
Denton, J., & Chandler, P., 2005 Rotherfield Park, North Hampshire: An important site for Saproxylic Coleoptera, Diptera and other Insects
Dipterists Forum, 2006 Dipterists Forum Starter Pack
Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds), 1978 A Dipterist's handbook

DIPTERA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

DIPTERA is associated with:

Photos Phallus hadriani - Sand Stinkhorn, Dune Stinkhorn (Phallales: Phallaceae) feeds on spore mass of fruitbody UK/Ireland Shaw, D.E. & Roberts, P., 2002

Associated with DIPTERA:

(dead, on ground) dead, on ground is parasitoid host of solitary (usually) stroma Cordyceps forquignonii - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 [on the ground, esp in woods]
(live) live may be infected by Erynia radicans - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
may attract synnematum of Polycephalomyces anamorph Polycephalomyces ramosus - an entomogenous fungus (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Major Moss, M, Spooner, B. & Mitchell, D.W., 2007 [in caves]
Photos is taken to the nest of female Crabro cribrarius - Slender Bodied Digger Wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Crabro peltarius - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus binotatus - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus capitosus - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus exiguus - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus megacephalus - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus pusillus - a digger wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus quadrimaculatus - Four-spotted Digger Wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Crossocerus wesmaeli - Wesmael's Digger Wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius borealis - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius cavifrons - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius cephalotes - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius continuus - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius dives - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius lapidarius - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius lituratus - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius rubicola - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius ruficornis - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Ectemnius sexcinctus - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
is taken to the nest of female Lindenius albilabris - a solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Photos is predated by leaf Drosera rotundifolia - Round-leaved Sundew (Droseraceae) UK/Ireland Major Darwin, C., 1875 [p2]
adult (live) live adult may be infected by Conidiobolus thromboides - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Ancylistaceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [small diptera]
adult (live) live adult may be infected by Batkoa papillata - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [small diptera in wet places]
adult (live) live adult may be infected by Entomophthora culicis - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [in wet places]
Photos adult (live) live adult may be infected by Entomophthora muscae - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
adult adult may be infected by Entomophthora echinospora - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
adult adult may be infected by pure white to grey or rarely green, shaggy rhizoids Erynia conica - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Questionable Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [in wet places]
adult adult may be infected by Furia americana - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
adult adult may be infected by Furia montana - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [small diptera in wet places]
adult adult may be infected by few, large, white or greenish, disk-ended rhizoids Pandora dipterigena - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [especially small flies and gnats]
Photos adult adult is predated by leaf Pinguicula vulgaris - Common Butterwort (Lentibulariaceae) Major Darwin, C., 1875 [p370]
Photos larva larva is taken to the nest of female Oxybelus uniglumis - Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pupa pupa is parasitoid host of perithecium Torrubiella albotomentosa - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 [in marshes]
rhizoids, adult (white to grey swollen) white to grey swollen rhizoids of adult may be infected by white to grey swollen rhizoids Erynia rhizospora - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 [small diptera in wet places]

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

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)

References

Darwin, C., 1875 Insectivorous Plants
Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 British Ascomycetes
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Moss, M, Spooner, B. & Mitchell, D.W., 2007 Two rare and interesting entomogenous fungi from south-east England
Shaw, D.E. & Roberts, P., 2002 Bees and Phalloid Exudate
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato

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