Drymeia hamata (Fallen, 1823)
(a muscid fly)

Interactions where Drymeia hamata is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
imago imago visits for nectar and/or pollen flower Restricted MAGNOLIOPSIDA flowering plants Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Drymeia hamata/Drymeia hamataa muscid flyimago Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliopsidaflowering plantsflowerSole
imago imago visits for nectar and/or pollen capitulum Major Senecio jacobaea Common Ragwort Asterales: Asteraceae Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae, Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Muscidae/Drymeia hamata/Drymeia hamataa muscid flyimago Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio jacobaea/Senecio jacobaeacommon ragwortcapitulumMajor

Drymeia hamata (a muscid fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Drymeia hamata (a muscid fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis, 1968Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) MuscidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDrymeia hamata (a muscid fly)
GenusDrymeia (a genus of muscid flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
Section Calyptratae (dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue & green bottles)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned 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 Drymeia hamata (a muscid fly)

Drymeia hamata (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Drymeia hamata (a muscid fly):

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