Lucilia bufonivora Moniez, 1876
(Toad Greenbottle)

Interactions where Lucilia bufonivora is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva endoparasitises BUFONIDAE toads Anura Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia bufonivora/Lucilia bufonivoratoad greenbottlelarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufonidaetoads
ovum ovum rests on skin BUFONIDAE toads Anura Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia bufonivora/Lucilia bufonivoratoad greenbottleovum Animal / resting place / on /Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Anura/Bufonidae/Bufonidaetoadsskin
larva larva endoparasitises Rana frogs Anura: Ranidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia bufonivora/Lucilia bufonivoratoad greenbottlelarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Ranafrogs
ovum ovum rests on skin Rana frogs Anura: Ranidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Lucilia bufonivora/Lucilia bufonivoratoad greenbottleovum Animal / resting place / on /Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Ranafrogsskin

Author & YearTitleSource
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lucilia bufonivora (Toad Greenbottle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lucilia bufonivora (Toad Greenbottle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLucilia bufonivora (Toad Greenbottle)
GenusLucilia (true greenbottles)
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lucilia bufonivora (Toad Greenbottle)

Lucilia bufonivora (Toad Greenbottle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lucilia bufonivora (Toad Greenbottle):

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