BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Brachypalpoides lentus (Meigen, 1822) (a hoverfly)
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G., 2002 (Colour photograph) | An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme |
Brachypalpoides lentus may also 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
Brachypalpoides lentus is associated with:
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larva | Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) | larva is saprobic on wet, decaying root | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | |
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larva | Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) | larva is saprobic on rot hole | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 | |
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larva | Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) | larva is saprobic on decaying heartwood | Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [particularly live tree, with exposed decay at ground level] |
There may be more taxa associated with Brachypalpoides lentus 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 Brachypalpoides lentus:
Brachypalpoides lentus 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 |
