Chyliza extenuata (Rossi, 1790)
(a psilid fly)

Interactions where Chyliza extenuata 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 mines live stem (swollen, underground) Restricted Orobanche rapum-genistae Greater Broomrape Lamiales: Orobanchaceae The British Species of Psilidae (Diptera), Collin, J.E., 1944
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza extenuata/Chyliza extenuataa psilid flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche rapum-genistae/Orobanche rapum-genistaegreater broomrapelivestem (swollen, underground)Sole

Author & YearTitleSource
Collin, J.E., 1944The British Species of Psilidae (Diptera)EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 214-224.

Chyliza extenuata (a psilid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chyliza extenuata (a psilid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChyliza extenuata (a psilid fly)
GenusChyliza (a genus of psilid flies)
FamilyPSILIDAE (rust flies)
SuperfamilyDIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (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 Chyliza extenuata (a psilid fly)

Chyliza extenuata (a psilid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chyliza extenuata (a psilid fly):

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