BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Microdon mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (a hoverfly)
Suggested Literature
Microdon mutabilis 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
Microdon mutabilis is associated with:
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larva | Formicidae - ants (Hymenoptera) | larva is associated with nest | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | |
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larva | Formicidae - ants (Hymenoptera) | larva is predator of pupa | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | |
| larva | Formica fusca - Negro Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | larva is predator of pupa | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | ||
| larva | Formica lemani - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | larva is predator of pupa | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | ||
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larva | Lasius niger s.l. - Small Black Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | larva is predator of pupa | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in wet habitats so more likely L. platythorax] | |
| larva | Myrmica ruginodis - an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | larva is predator of pupa | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 |
There may be more taxa associated with Microdon mutabilis 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 Microdon mutabilis:
Microdon mutabilis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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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 |
