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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)
CONOPIDAE
(thick-headed flies)
Physocephala rufipes
(a thick-headed fly)
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Physocephala rufipes (Fabricius, 1781) (a thick-headed fly)

Suggested Literature

Physocephala rufipes may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 CONOPIDAE
(thick-headed flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Physocephala rufipes is associated with:

Photos adult Senecio jacobaea - Common Ragwort (Asteraceae) adult visits for nectar and/or pollen capitulum Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos adult Carduus - a genus of thistles (Asteraceae) adult visits for nectar and/or pollen capitulum Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos larva Bombus hortorum - Small Garden Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
larva Bombus humilis - Brown-banded Carder Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
larva Bombus lapidarius - Large Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos larva Bombus lucorum - White-tailed Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos larva Bombus pascuorum - Common Carder-bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos larva Bombus pratorum - Early Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
larva Bombus ruderarius - Red-tailed Carder Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
larva Bombus sylvarum - Shrill Carder Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos larva Bombus terrestris - Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos larva Vespula rufa - Red Wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult Smith, K.G.V., 1969

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)		 CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)		 CONOPIDAE
(thick-headed flies)

Associated with Physocephala rufipes:

Physocephala rufipes may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

Smith, K.G.V., 1969 Diptera: Conopidae

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