Eggisops pecchiolii Rondani, 1862
(False Woodlouse-fly)

Interactions where Eggisops pecchiolii 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 endoparasitises Restricted PULMONATA slugs and snails Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Eggisops pecchiolii/Eggisops pecchioliifalse woodlouse-flylarva Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Pulmonata/Pulmonataslugs and snailsSole

Author & YearTitleSource
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Eggisops pecchiolii (False Woodlouse-fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eggisops pecchiolii (False Woodlouse-fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEggisops pecchiolii (False Woodlouse-fly)
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (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 Eggisops pecchiolii (False Woodlouse-fly)

Eggisops pecchiolii (False Woodlouse-fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Chandler, P. & Denton, J. 2004 Recent records of some rare wetland snail-killing flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Berkshire Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol 11, No. 2: 110.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Eggisops pecchiolii (False Woodlouse-fly):

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