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Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus, 1758) (a hoverfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Syritta pipiens Imago 29 June 2006 East Sussex England 1
Syritta pipiens Imago 11 September 2004 Berks England 6
Syritta pipiens Female imago 29 July 1997 North Hampshire England 2
Syritta pipiens Male imago 26 August 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Syritta pipiens 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

Syritta pipiens is associated with:

Photos larva Mammalia - mammals larva feeds on dung/debris wet manure Rotheray, G.E., 1993
Photos larva Narcissus - daffodils and narcissi (Liliaceae) larva is saprobic on decaying bulb Rotheray, G.E., 1993

There may be more taxa associated with Syritta pipiens listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Syritta pipiens:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Trichopria clavatipes - a small parasitic wasp (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993

Syritta pipiens 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

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

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