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Eupeodes luniger (Meigen, 1822) (a hoverfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Eupeodes luniger Female imago 15 August 2004 Berks England 4 8

Suggested Literature

Eupeodes luniger 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

Eupeodes luniger is associated with:

Photos larva Aphidoidea - aphids (Homoptera) larva is predator of Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [ground layer spp.]

There may be more taxa associated with Eupeodes luniger listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Eupeodes luniger:

larva larva is parasitoid host of larva Enizemum ornatum - an ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982

Eupeodes luniger 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

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