BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Physocephala nigra (De Geer, 1776) (a thick-headed fly)
Suggested Literature
Physocephala nigra may 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) |
CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Physocephala nigra is associated with:
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adult | Erica - bell heathers (Ericaceae) | adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower | Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | |
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adult | Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron (Ericaceae) | adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower | Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | |
| larva | Bombus muscorum - a bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | solitary larva is endoparasitoid of adult | Smith, K.G.V., 1969 |
There may be more taxa associated with Physocephala nigra listed at higher taxonomic level
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DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
CONOPIDAE (thick-headed flies) |
Associated with Physocephala nigra:
Physocephala nigra may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
References
| Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | Diptera: Conopidae |
