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Hammerschmidtia ferruginea (Fallen, 1817) (a hoverfly)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cosgrove, P. et al, 2005 (Colour photograph) Aspen - Britain's missing link with the boreal forest

Hammerschmidtia ferruginea may also 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

Hammerschmidtia ferruginea is associated with:

Photos larva Populus tremula - Aspen (Salicaceae) larva is saprobic on sap run Rotheray, G.E., 1993
Photos larva Populus tremula - Aspen (Salicaceae) larva is saprobic on under bark Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in accumulations of decaying sap]

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

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

Associated with Hammerschmidtia ferruginea:

Hammerschmidtia ferruginea may be associated with 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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