BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies)
| Notes (MWS) | A small family of flies whose larvae are internal parasites of bees or wasps. The adults visit flowers. Those of the subfamily Conopinae are brightly coloured and can often be conspicuous on flowers, especially Ragwort, in summer. Those of the other subfamily, Myopinae, are duller and need more careful searching. |
| How to find | Adults often found on flowers in summer. Lazy bumblebees are said to be parasitised and there have been reports of Conopids emerging from bees collected from flowers in the evening and kept over winter. |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Conops (a genus of thick-headed flies) | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 |
| Species | Leopoldius brevirostris (Germar, 1827) (a thick-headed fly) | 1 | |||
| Species | Leopoldius signatus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1824) (a thick-headed fly) | 2 | |||
| Genus | Myopa Fabricius, 1775 (a genus of thick-headed flies) | 3 | |||
| Species | Physocephala nigra (De Geer, 1776) (a thick-headed fly) | 3 | |||
| Species | Physocephala rufipes (Fabricius, 1781) (a thick-headed fly) | 12 | |||
| Species | Sicus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761) (a thick-headed fly) | 15 | 14 | 4 | |
| Genus | Thecophora (a genus of thick-headed flies) | 1 | 9 | 5 | |
| Genus | Zodion (a genus of thick-headed flies) | 1 | 6 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Clements, D., 1995 | The Conopid Fauna of Britain, with reference to some possible additions |
| Conopid Recording Scheme Newsletter | Journal |
| Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | Diptera: Conopidae |
CONOPIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
CONOPIDAE is associated with:
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larva | Bombus - bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | larva is endoparasitoid of adult | 
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Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
There may be more taxa associated with Conopidae listed at higher taxonomic level
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DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
Associated with CONOPIDAE:
Conopidae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
References
| Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees |
