Seri obscuripennis (Oldenberg, 1916)
(a big-footed fly)

Interactions where Seri obscuripennis 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 feeds on fruitbody Polyporus badius Bay Polypore Polyporales: Polyporaceae Rearing records of Seri obscuripennis (Oldenberg) (Diptera, Platypezidae) from Oxfordshire, Webb, J.A., 2004
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Platypezidae/Seri obscuripennis/Seri obscuripennisa big-footed flylarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Polyporus badius/Polyporus badiusbay polyporefruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Webb, J.A., 2004Rearing records of Seri obscuripennis (Oldenberg) (Diptera, Platypezidae) from OxfordshireDipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 143.

Seri obscuripennis (a big-footed fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Seri obscuripennis (a big-footed fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSeri obscuripennis (a big-footed fly)
FamilyPLATYPEZIDAE (flat-footed flies)
SuperfamilyPLATYPEZOIDEA (scuttle flies, flat-footed flies & big-footed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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 Seri obscuripennis (a big-footed fly)

Seri obscuripennis (a big-footed fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Webb, J.A. 2004 Rearing records of Seri obscuripennis (Oldenberg) (Diptera, Platypezidae) from Oxfordshire Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 143.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Seri obscuripennis (a big-footed fly):

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