Diptera (two-winged flies)

Interactions where DIPTERA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

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Affected Part	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	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	Season	Summary
	is taken to the nest of female	Crabro cribrarius	Slender Bodied Digger Wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crabro cribrarius/	Crabro cribrarius	slender bodied digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crabro peltarius	a digger wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crabro peltarius/	Crabro peltarius	a digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crossocerus binotatus	a digger wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus binotatus/	Crossocerus binotatus	a digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crossocerus capitosus	a digger wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus capitosus/	Crossocerus capitosus	a digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crossocerus exiguus	a digger wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus exiguus/	Crossocerus exiguus	a digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crossocerus megacephalus	a digger wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus megacephalus/	Crossocerus megacephalus	a digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crossocerus quadrimaculatus	Four-spotted Digger Wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus quadrimaculatus/	Crossocerus quadrimaculatus	four-spotted digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crossocerus varus	a digger wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus varus/	Crossocerus varus	a digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Crossocerus wesmaeli	Wesmael’s Digger Wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Crossocerus wesmaeli/	Crossocerus wesmaeli	Wesmael's digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius borealis	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius borealis/	Ectemnius borealis	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius cavifrons	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius cavifrons/	Ectemnius cavifrons	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius cephalotes	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius cephalotes/	Ectemnius cephalotes	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius continuus	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius continuus/	Ectemnius continuus	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius dives	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius dives/	Ectemnius dives	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius lapidarius	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius lapidarius/	Ectemnius lapidarius	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius lituratus	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius lituratus/	Ectemnius lituratus	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius rubicola	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius rubicola/	Ectemnius rubicola	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius ruficornis	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius ruficornis/	Ectemnius ruficornis	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Ectemnius sexcinctus	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Ectemnius sexcinctus/	Ectemnius sexcinctus	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	is taken to the nest of female	Lindenius albilabris	a solitary wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Lindenius albilabris/	Lindenius albilabris	a solitary wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							female stocks nest with
	larva is taken to the nest of female	Oxybelus uniglumis	Common Spiny Digger Wasp	Hymenoptera: Crabronidae	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Oxybelus uniglumis/	Oxybelus uniglumis	common spiny digger wasp			female	Animal / predator / stocks nest with	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				larva			female stocks nest with larva
	larva is predated by adult	Loricula elegantula	a minute bug	Hemiptera: Microphysidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/	Loricula elegantula	a minute bug			adult	Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				larva			adult is predator of larva
	larva is predated by nymph	Loricula elegantula	a minute bug	Hemiptera: Microphysidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/	Loricula elegantula	a minute bug			nymph	Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				larva			nymph is predator of larva
	is predated by adult	Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus	a plantbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/	Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus	a plantbug			adult	Animal / predator	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							adult is predator of
	is predated by nymph	Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus	a plantbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus/	Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus	a plantbug			nymph	Animal / predator	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							nymph is predator of
	is predated by adult	Orthotylus tenellus	a plantbug or grassbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellus/	Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellus	a plantbug or grassbug			adult	Animal / predator	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							adult is predator of
	is predated by nymph	Orthotylus tenellus	a plantbug or grassbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellus/	Orthotylus (Orthotylus) tenellus	a plantbug or grassbug			nymph	Animal / predator	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							nymph is predator of
	is predated by adult	Reduvius personatus	an assassin bug	Hemiptera: Reduviidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Reduviidae/Reduvius personatus/	Reduvius personatus	an assassin bug			adult	Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies						(5-end 9)	adult is predator of
	is predated by nymph	Reduvius personatus	an assassin bug	Hemiptera: Reduviidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Reduviidae/Reduvius personatus/	Reduvius personatus	an assassin bug			nymph	Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies							nymph is predator of
	pupa is parasitoid host of perithecium	Torrubiella albotomentosa	an ascomycete	Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Torrubiella albotomentosa/	Torrubiella albotomentosa	an ascomycete			perithecium	Animal / parasitoid	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				pupa			perithecium is parasitoid of pupa
	adult may be infected by pure white to grey or rarely green, shaggy rhizoids	Erynia conica	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Erynia conica/	Erynia conica	an entomophagous fungus	pure white to grey or rarely green, shaggy	rhizoids		Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies	?			adult			pure white to grey or rarely green, shaggy rhizoids infects adult
	adult may be infected by	Furia americana	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Furia americana/	Furia americana	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				adult			infects adult
	adult may be infected by	Furia montana	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Furia montana/	Furia montana	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				adult			infects adult
	adult may be infected by few, large, white or greenish, disk-ended rhizoids	Pandora dipterigena	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Pandora dipterigena/	Pandora dipterigena	an entomophagous fungus	few, large, white or greenish, disk-ended	rhizoids		Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				adult			few, large, white or greenish, disk-ended rhizoids infects adult
	adult may be infected by	Pandora echinospora	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Pandora echinospora/	Pandora echinospora	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				adult			infects adult
	is predated by leaf	Drosera rotundifolia	Round-leaved Sundew	Caryophyllales: Droseraceae	Insectivorous Plants, Darwin, C., 1875	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Droseraceae/Drosera rotundifolia/	Drosera rotundifolia	round-leaved sundew		leaf		Animal / predator	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies					Major		leaf is predator of
	adult is predated by leaf	Pinguicula vulgaris	Common Butterwort	Lamiales: Lentibulariaceae	Insectivorous Plants, Darwin, C., 1875	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lentibulariaceae/Pinguicula vulgaris/	Pinguicula vulgaris	common butterwort		leaf		Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies				adult	Major		leaf is predator of adult
(dead, on ground)	dead, on ground is parasitoid host of solitary (usually) stroma	Ophiocordyceps forquignonii	Yellow Waspclub	Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae	British Ascomycetes, Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Ophiocordyceps forquignonii/	Ophiocordyceps forquignonii	yellow waspclub	solitary (usually)		stroma	Animal / parasitoid		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		dead, on ground					solitary (usually) stroma is parasitoid of dead, on ground
(egg)	egg is predated by	Macrocheles glaber	a predatory mite	Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Macrochelidae/Macrocheles glaber/	Macrocheles glaber	a predatory mite				Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		egg					is predator of egg
(in caves)	in caves may attract synnematum of Polycephalomyces anamorph	Polycephalomyces ramosus	an entomogenous fungus	Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae	Two rare and interesting entomogenous fungi from south-east England, Moss, M., Spooner, B. & Mitchell, D.W., 2007	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Polycephalomyces ramosus/	Polycephalomyces ramosus	an entomogenous fungus		synnematum	Polycephalomyces anamorph	Animal / associate		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		in caves			Major		synnematum of Polycephalomyces anamorph is associated with in caves
(larva)	larva is predated by	Macrocheles glaber	a predatory mite	Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles, Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Macrochelidae/Macrocheles glaber/	Macrocheles glaber	a predatory mite				Animal / predator		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		larva					is predator of larva
(live)	live larva is parasitised by Tolypocladium anamorph	Tolypocladium cylindrosporum	an anamorphic entomophagous fungus	Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Ophiocordycipitaceae/Tolypocladium cylindrosporum/	Tolypocladium cylindrosporum	an anamorphic entomophagous fungus			Tolypocladium anamorph	Animal / parasite	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live		larva			Tolypocladium anamorph parasitises live larva
(live)	live adult may be infected by	Conidiobolus thromboides	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Ancylistaceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Ancylistaceae/Conidiobolus thromboides/	Conidiobolus thromboides	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live		adult			infects live adult
(live)	live adult may be infected by	Batkoa apiculata	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Entomophthorales foray: 10 - 14 September 1982, Exeter University and Norwich, Wilding, N., 1983	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Batkoa apiculata/	Batkoa apiculata	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live		adult			infects live adult
(live)	live adult may be infected by	Entomophthora culicis	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 Entomophthorales foray: 10 - 14 September 1982, Exeter University and Norwich, Wilding, N., 1983	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Entomophthora culicis/	Entomophthora culicis	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live		adult			infects live adult
(live)	live adult may be infected by	Entomophthora muscae	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Entomophthora muscae/	Entomophthora muscae	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live		adult			infects live adult
(live)	live adult may be infected by	Erynia gracilis	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Entomophthorales foray: 10 - 14 September 1982, Exeter University and Norwich, Wilding, N., 1983	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Erynia gracilis/	Erynia gracilis	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live		adult			infects live adult
(live)	live may be infected by	Erynia radicans	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Erynia radicans/	Erynia radicans	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live					infects live
(live)	live adult may be infected by	Erynia radicans	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Entomophthorales foray: 10 - 14 September 1982, Exeter University and Norwich, Wilding, N., 1983	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Erynia radicans/	Erynia radicans	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live		adult			infects live adult
adult (live)	live adult may be infected by	Batkoa papillata	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Batkoa papillata/	Batkoa papillata	an entomophagous fungus				Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		live	adult				infects live adult
pupa	pupa may be infected by Cylindrodendrum anamorph	Paecilomyces suffultus	an anamorphic fungus	Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Paecilomyces suffultus/	Paecilomyces suffultus	an anamorphic fungus			Cylindrodendrum anamorph	Animal / pathogen	UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies			pupa				Cylindrodendrum anamorph infects pupa
rhizoids (white to grey swollen)	white to grey swollen rhizoids of adult may be infected by white to grey swollen rhizoids	Erynia rhizospora	an entomophagous fungus	Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	/Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Erynia rhizospora/	Erynia rhizospora	an entomophagous fungus	white to grey swollen	rhizoids		Animal / pathogen		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		white to grey swollen	rhizoids	adult			white to grey swollen rhizoids infects white to grey swollen rhizoids of adult

Stage	Summary	Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Part	Passive Stage
	feeds on honeydew	Tuberolachnus salignus	Large Willow Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		Animal / honeydew feeder		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus/	Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus	large willow aphid
larva	larva causes galls on fruitbody	Conocybe	conecap toadstools	Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae	Gall development in Fungi, Evans, R.E., 1979	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies	larva	Fungus / gall		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Bolbitiaceae/Conocybe/	Conocybe	conecap toadstools		fruitbody
larva	larva causes galls on	Daedalea quercina	Oak Mazegill	Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae	Gall development in Fungi, Evans, R.E., 1979	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies	larva	Fungus / gall		/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Fomitopsidaceae/Daedalea quercina/	Daedalea quercina	oak mazegill
	feeds on spore mass of fruitbody	Phallus hadriani	Sand Stinkhorn, Dune Stinkhorn	Phallales: Phallaceae	Bees and Phalloid Exudate, Shaw, D.E. & Roberts, P., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies		Fungus / feeder	UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Phallus hadriani/	Phallus hadriani	sand stinkhorn, dune stinkhorn	spore mass	fruitbody
adult	adult pollinates or fertilises flower	Dactylorhiza maculata	Heath Spotted-orchid	Asparagales: Orchidaceae	Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/	Diptera	two-winged flies	adult	Plant / pollinated		/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Dactylorhiza maculata/	Dactylorhiza maculata	heath spotted-orchid	flower

Author & Year	Title	Source
Baker, A.S. & Craven, J.C., 2003	Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) associated with bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the British Isles	Systematic & Applied Acarology Special Publications Systematic & Applied Acarology Vol 14: 1-20.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Darwin, C., 1875	Insectivorous Plants	463pp
Dennis, R.W.G., 1978	British Ascomycetes	Revised and enlarged edition, 585pp, J. Cramer
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Evans, R.E., 1979	Gall development in Fungi	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 13 (2): 131-132.
Harrap, A. & S., 2009	Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide	2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd
Macdonald, M.A., 2007	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Moss, M., Spooner, B. & Mitchell, D.W., 2007	Two rare and interesting entomogenous fungi from south-east England	Field Mycology Vol 8 (4): 115-118.
Shaw, D.E. & Roberts, P., 2002	Bees and Phalloid Exudate	Mycologist Vol 16 (3): 109.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982	Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato	Bull. Br. mycol Soc. 16, 113-143, 1982 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 16 (2): 113-143.
Wilding, N., 1983	Entomophthorales foray: 10 - 14 September 1982, Exeter University and Norwich	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 17 (1): 47-49.

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
BRACHYCERA short-horned flies	Suborder	21 subtaxa	8 trophisms	91 references
Eremoneura - Cyclorrhapha an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	153 subtaxa	391 trophisms	109 references
Eremoneura - Empidoidea an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	31 subtaxa	2 trophisms	77 references
MICROPHORIDAE a family of flies	Family			2 references
NEMATOCERA thread-horned flies, gnat	Suborder	300 subtaxa	434 trophisms	244 references
OSCINELLINAE a subfamily of chloropid flies	Subfamily			1 references
Schizophora - Acalyptratae an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	540 subtaxa	1,815 trophisms	362 references
Schizophora - Calyptratae an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	403 subtaxa	1,432 trophisms	177 references
Stratiomyomorpha an infraorder of flies	Infraorder	7 subtaxa	1 trophisms	18 references
TETHINIDAE a family of flies	Family			1 references

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)

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Diptera Info
	Beuk, P.		Online-Keys.net	www.online-keys.net/infusions/keys/keys_view.php
	Colyer, C.N. & Hammond, C.O.	1951	Flies of the British Isles	Wayside and Woodland, 383pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
	Falk, S.		Diptera (flies)	www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
()	Guthrie, M.	1989	Animals of the Surface Film	Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 12, 85pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
	Haenni, J-P	2004	Les Mouches - planches d’Eugène Séguy / Flies - plates by Eugène Séguy	63pp, Muséum D’Histoire Naturelle Neuchatel
()	McAlpine, J.F. et al	1981	Manual of Nearctic Diptera	1581pp, Entomological Society of Canada
	Oldroyd, H.	1954	Diptera 1. Introduction and Key to Families	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IX, Part 1, 2 edition, 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
	Papp, L. & Darvas, B.	2000	Palaearctic Diptera: Appendix	Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Appendix, 604pp, Science Herald, Budapest
	Pearce, E.K.	1921	* Typical Flies - a photographic atlas *(Superseded)	Cambridge University Press
	Scudder, G.G.E. & Cannings, R.A.	2006	The Diptera Families of British Columbia	158pp
	Stubbs, A.	2003	* Dipterists Forum Starter Pack *(Superseded)	96pp, Dipterists Forum
	Wuilbaut, J.J.		Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut)	users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons
Aquatic/Larvae
	Nilsson, A. (ed.)	1996	Aquatic Insects of North Europe	Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Aquatic
	Nilsson, A. (ed.)	1996	Aquatic Insects of North Europe	Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Dung
	Skidmore, P.	1991	Insects of the British Cow-Dung Community	AIDGAP Keys: Occasional Publication, No 21, 166pp, Field Studies Council
Families
	Ball, S.	2008	British Families of Diptera
	Dipterists Forum		Families of British Diptera	www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/wiki/families:diptera_families
	Oosterbroek, P.	2006	The European Families of the Diptera: identification, diagnosis, biology	205pp, KNNV Publishing
	Unwin, D.M.	1981	A Key to the Families of British Diptera	AIDGAP, 143, 40pp, Field Studies Council
Freshwater/Larvae
	Dobson, M.	2010	Module 11: identification of Diptera (true flies)	https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Host Plants
()	Kirk, W.D.J.	1992	Insects on Cabbages and Oilseed Rape	Naturalists' Handbooks, 18, 66pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Larvae/Freshwater
	Dobson, M.	2010	Module 11: identification of Diptera (true flies)	https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
	Sundermann, A. Lohse, S., Beck, L.A. & Haase, P.	2007	Key to the larval stages of aquatic true flies (Diptera), based on the operational taxa list for running waters in Germany	Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim. Vol 43 (1): 61-74.
Larvae
()	Smith, K.V.G.	1989	An Introduction to the immature stages of British Flies	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, part 14, 280pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Leaf-miners
	György Csóka	2003	Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners	192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest
	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
On Thistles
	Redfern, M.	1995	Insects and Thistles	Naturalists' Handbooks, No 4, Second (revised) edition, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Plant Galls
()	Redfern, M. & Shirley, P.	2011	British Plant Galls	AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
()	Redfern, M. & Shirley, P.	2002	* British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi *(Superseded)	AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
()	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor)	1986	* Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls *(Superseded)	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Interactions where DIPTERA is the dominant partner and gains from the process

Interactions where DIPTERA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

DIPTERA is also a member of:

Identification Works

Aquatic/Larvae

Aquatic

Dung

Families

Freshwater/Larvae

Host Plants

Larvae/Freshwater

Larvae

Leaf-miners

On Thistles

Plant Galls

General Works

Dead Wood

Dead Wood/Regional Studies

Dung Decay

Hosts

Journals

Journals/Leaf-miners

Journals

Journals/Regional

Leaf-miners

Suppliers

Survey Methods

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)

Author	Year	Title	Source
Anon.		Dipterists Forum Website	www.dipteristsforum.org.uk
Anon.		Anatomical Atlas of Flies	www.ces.csiro.au/biology/fly/flyGlossary.html
Chandler, P.	2018	An Update of the 1998 Checklist of Diptera of the British Isles	http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/sgb_check_intro.php
Chandler, P.	1998	* Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera *(Superseded)	Handbooks for the identification of British Insects, Vol 10, 234pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Chandler, P.	1966	Notes on some uncommon Diptera	Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 78: 80.
Chandler, P.J. (ed)	2010	A Dipterist’s handbook(2nd Edition)	Vol 15, 2nd edition edition, 525pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Chandler, P.J.	2006	Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (15), Corrections and changes to the Irish Checklist (5)	Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 13: 11-19.
Chandler, P.J.	2005	Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (13)	Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 75-77.
Chandler, P.J.	2005	Changes to the Irish List (3)	Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 12 No. 1: 77-78.
Chandler, P.J.	2004	Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (10)	Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10: 146-148.
Chandler, P.J.	2004	Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (12), Corrections and changes to the Irish Checklist (2)	Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 120-122.
Chandler, P.J.	2003	Corrections and changes to the Diptera Checklist (9)	Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 10: 58-60.
Dipterists Forum	2006	Dipterists Forum Starter Pack	July 2006 edition, Biological Records Centre
Gorb, S.N.	1998	The design of the fly adhesive pad: distal tenent setae are adapted to the delivery of an adhesive secretion	Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol 265: 747-752.
Hadley, A.		Micropics	micropics.org.uk/index.htm
Hövemeyer, K. & Schauermann, J.	2002	Succession of Diptera on dead beech wood: A 10-year study	Pedobiologia: International Journal of Soil Biology Vol 47: 61-75.
Hövemeyer, K.	1988	Diptera associated with dead beech wood	Studia Dipterologica Vol 1: 113-122.
Marshall, S.	2012	The Flies - the natural history & diversity of Diptera	616pp, Firefly Books
Papp, L. & Darvas, B.	2000	Palaearctic Diptera Vol 1: General and Applied Dipterology	Manual of Palaearctic Diptera - full title: Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (with special reference to flies of economic importance), Vol 1, 978pp, Science Herald, Budapest
Stubbs, A.E. & Chandler, P. (eds)	1978	* A Dipterist’s handbook *(Superseded)	Vol 15, 255pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Winkler, I.	2011	Finding the Fly Tree of Life	http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/files/5013/8608/5647/superflies_v4.pdf
Dead Wood
Alexander, K.N.A.	2002	The Invertebrates of Living and Decaying Timber in Britain and Ireland - a Provisional Annotated Checklist	Research Reports, Report no 467, 142pp, English Nature
Dead Wood/Regional Studies
Denton, J., & Chandler, P.	2005	Rotherfield Park, North Hampshire: An important site for Saproxylic Coleoptera, Diptera and other Insects	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 18: 6.
Skidmore, P.	2003	Saproxylic Insect Survey of the Virginia Water and Bishopsgate areas of Windsor Park, 2002-2003	Research Reports EN Report no 514.
Dung Decay
Floate, K.D.	2023	Cow patty critters: An introduction to the ecology, biology and identification of insects in cattle dung on Canadian pastures	220pp, Canadian Department of Agriculture
Hosts
Buxton, P.A.	1954	British Diptera associated with Fungi. 2. Diptera bred from Myxomycetes	Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series A, General Entomology Vol. 29 (10-12): 163-171.
Journals
		Dipterists Digest	Derek Whiteley
		Dipteroloogilisi Uurimusi
		Studia Dipterologica
		International Journal of Dipterological Research
		Dipterological Research
Dipterists Forum		Dipterists Digest (Second Series)	Published for/by:Dipterists Forum, Dipterists Forum
Dipterists Forum		Bulletin of the Dipterists Forum	Published for/by:Dipterists Forum, Dipterists Forum
Journals/Leaf-miners
		British Leafminers
Journals
NADS: North American Dipterists Society		Fly Times	Published for/by:NADS: North American Dipterists Society
Journals/Regional
		Flies of the Nearctic Region
Leaf-miners
Anon.		UK Leafminers discussion group
Suppliers
Anon.		Polybags Ltd	www.polybags.co.uk
Survey Methods
Disney, R.H.L. et al	1982	Collecting methods and adequacy of attempted faunal surveys, with reference to Diptera	Field Studies 5(4): 607-621.