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Platycheirus immarginatus (Zetterstedt, 1849) (a hoverfly)

Suggested Literature

Platycheirus immarginatus may 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

Platycheirus immarginatus is associated with:

larva Trichocallis cyperi - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) larva is predator of Rotheray, G.E., 1993
Photos larva Carex - sedges (Cyperaceae) larva is associated with Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in wetlands]

There may be more taxa associated with Platycheirus immarginatus listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Platycheirus immarginatus:

Platycheirus immarginatus 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)
Platycheirus
(a genus of hoverflies)

References

Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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