BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Pipizella (a genus of hoverflies)
Suggested Literature
Pipizella 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) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Pipizella is associated with:
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larva | Aphidoidea - aphids (Homoptera) | larva is predator of ant-attended, root-feeding | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | |
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larva | Apiaceae - umbellifers - formerly Umbelliferae | larva is associated with aphid-infested root | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 |
There may be more taxa associated with Pipizella listed at higher taxonomic level
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DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
CYCLORRHAPHA (a suborder of flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
Associated with Pipizella:
| aphidivorous larva (root-dwelling) | root-dwelling aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva | Sussaba erigator - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) | Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982 |
Pipizella may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
DIPTERA (two-winged flies) |
SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies) |
References
| Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982 | A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna |
| Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe |
