Chyliza vittata Meigen, 1826
(a psilid fly)

Interactions where Chyliza vittata 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 leaf			Himantoglossum hircinum	Lizard Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Himantoglossum hircinum/	Himantoglossum hircinum	lizard orchid		live	leaf		Minor		(summer)
larva		larva mines live stem			Himantoglossum hircinum	Lizard Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Himantoglossum hircinum/	Himantoglossum hircinum	lizard orchid		live	stem				(summer)
larva		larva mines live rootstock			Himantoglossum hircinum	Lizard Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Himantoglossum hircinum/	Himantoglossum hircinum	lizard orchid		live	rootstock				(summer)
puparium		puparium may be found in live stem (usu just above rootstock)			Himantoglossum hircinum	Lizard Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Himantoglossum hircinum/	Himantoglossum hircinum	lizard orchid		live	stem (usu just above rootstock)
larva		larva mines live leaf			Neottia nidus-avis	Bird’s-nest Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Neottia nidus-avis/	Neottia nidus-avis	bird’s-nest orchid		live	leaf		Minor		(summer)
larva		larva mines live stem			Neottia nidus-avis	Bird’s-nest Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Neottia nidus-avis/	Neottia nidus-avis	bird’s-nest orchid		live	stem				(summer)
larva		larva mines live rootstock			Neottia nidus-avis	Bird’s-nest Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	The British Species of Psilidae (Diptera), Collin, J.E., 1944 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Neottia nidus-avis/	Neottia nidus-avis	bird’s-nest orchid		live	rootstock				(summer)
puparium		puparium may be found in live stem (usu just above rootstock)			Neottia nidus-avis	Bird’s-nest Orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Neottia nidus-avis/	Neottia nidus-avis	bird’s-nest orchid		live	stem (usu just above rootstock)
larva		larva mines live leaf			Orchis	a genus of orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis/	Orchis	a genus of orchids		live	leaf		Minor		(summer)
larva		larva mines live stem			Orchis	a genus of orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis/	Orchis	a genus of orchids		live	stem				(summer)
larva		larva mines live rootstock			Orchis	a genus of orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis/	Orchis	a genus of orchids		live	rootstock				(summer)
puparium		puparium may be found in live stem (usu just above rootstock)			Orchis	a genus of orchids	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chyliza vittata/	Chyliza vittata	a psilid fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / within		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis/	Orchis	a genus of orchids		live	stem (usu just above rootstock)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Collin, J.E., 1944	The British Species of Psilidae (Diptera)	EMM Ent. Mon. Mag.: 214-224.
Robbins, R., 1990	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands	Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chyliza vittata (a psilid fly)
Genus	Chyliza (a genus of psilid flies)
Family	PSILIDAE (rust flies)
Superfamily	DIOPSOIDEA (psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chyliza vittata is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chyliza vittata (a psilid fly)

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

PSILIDAE
(rust flies)

DIOPSOIDEA
(psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

PSILIDAE
(rust flies)

DIOPSOIDEA
(psilid, megamerinid, Tanypezid & strongylophthalmid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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