SYRPHIDAE
(hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)

Interactions where SYRPHIDAE 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 is predator of larva Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverflylarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Gastrophysa viridula/Gastrophysa viridulagreen dock beetlelarva
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Orchis militaris Soldier Orchid, Military Orchid Asparagales: Orchidaceae Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide, Harrap, A. & S., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverflyadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchis militaris/Orchis militarissoldier orchid, military orchidflower

Interactions where SYRPHIDAE 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').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
(mostly aphidivorous) larva is parasitoid host of larva Major DIPLAZONTINAE diplazontine ichneumon wasps Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Diplazontinae/Diplazontinaediplazontine ichneumon waspslarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly(mostly aphidivorous) larvaMajor larva is parasitoid of (mostly aphidivorous) larva
aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva Questionable Campocraspedon caudatus a diplazontine ichneumon Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Campocraspedon caudatus/Campocraspedon caudatusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly?aphidivorous larva larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva
aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva UK/IrelandQuestionable Phthorima compressa a diplazontine ichneumon Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Phthorima compressa/Phthorima compressaa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly?aphidivorous larva larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva
aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva Questionable Tymmophorus erythrozonus a diplazontine ichneumon Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Tymmophorus erythrozonus/Tymmophorus erythrozonusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly?aphidivorous larva larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva
aphidivorous larva is parasitoid host of larva UK/Ireland Woldstedtius biguttatus a diplazontine ichneumon Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British fauna, Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Woldstedtius biguttatus/Woldstedtius biguttatusa diplazontine ichneumonlarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverflyaphidivorous larva larva is parasitoid of aphidivorous larva
larva is predated by nymph UK/Ireland Troilus luridus Bronze Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild, Hawkins, R.D., 1985
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Troilus luridus/Troilus luridusbronze shieldbugnymph Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverflylarva nymph is predator of larva
adult is predated by pitcher MajorCaptivity Sarracenia flava Trumpets Ericales: Sarraceniaceae /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Sarraceniaceae/Sarracenia flava/Sarracenia flavatrumpetspitcher Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Syrphidaehover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverflyadultMajor Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedpitcher is predator of adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Fitton, M.G. & Rotheray, M.E., 1982A key to the European genera of Diplazontine ichneumon-flies with notes on the British faunaSystematic Entomology 7: 311-320.
Harrap, A. & S., 2009Orchids of Britain & Ireland: a field and site guide2nd edition, 480pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd
Hawkins, R.D., 1985Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wildHet News No 6: 3.

SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Chalcosyrphus
a genus of flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 5 trophisms 1 references
MICRODONTINAE
ant hoverflies
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 15 trophisms 1 references
MILESIINAE
a subfamily of hoverflies
Subfamily 79 subtaxa 210 trophisms 26 references
Sericomyia
a genus of flies
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 references
SYRPHINAE
a subfamily of hoverflies
Subfamily 49 subtaxa 122 trophisms 15 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (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 SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
in the field () Ball, S. & Morris, R. 2013 Britain’s Hoverflies: an introduction to the hoverflies of Britain WILDGuides, 297pp, Princeton University Press
Ball, S. 2008 Colour key to the tribes of the Syrphidae 12pp, Dipterists Forum
Coe, R.L. 1953 *** Diptera: Syrphidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol X. Part 1, 98pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Edkins, K. Photos of Insects www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/index.htm
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Gilbert, F.S. 1993 Hoverflies Naturalists' Handbooks, 5, 67pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Stubbs, A. 2011 A review of extra and potential extra hoverflies Hoverfly Recording Scheme Newsletter 50: 3-6.
Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. 2002 British Hoverflies (ed 2) 2 edition, 469pp, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. 1983 *** British Hoverflies (ed 1) ***(Superseded) 1 edition, British Entomological and Natural History Society
Stubbs, A.E. 1996 *** British Hoverflies - 2nd supplement ***(Superseded) BENHS
Stubbs, A.E. 1986 *** British Hoverflies - 1st Supplement ***(Superseded) BENHS
van Veen, M. 2004 Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: Identification keys to the Syrphidae 256pp, KNNV Publishing
Webster, C. British Hoverflies syrphidae.3644.co.uk/

Larvae

() Hartley, J. C. 1961 A taxonomic account of the larvae of some British Syrphidae Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Series A. 136 (4): 505-573.
() Rotheray, G.E. 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe Diperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Tribes

Ball, S.G. 2008 Colour Key to the Tribes of the Syrphidae

SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Syrphidae mailing list
Anon. UK Hoverflies discussion group
Ball, S., Morris, R. Rotheray, G. & Watt, K. 2011 Atlas of the Hoverflies of Great Britain (Diptera, Syrphidae) 183pp, Biological Records Centre
Ball, S.G. & Morris, R.K.A. 2007 Hoverflies: family Syrphidae A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain Part x
Ball, S.G. & Morris, R.K.A 2000 Provisional atlas of British hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) 167pp, Biological Records Centre
Dipterists Forum Hoverfly Recording Scheme www.hoverfly.org.uk
Gilbert, F.S. The evolution of imperfect mimicry in hoverflies http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/96/1/ImperfectMimicry.pdf
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. 2002 An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 38-45.
Nowakowski, M. & Pywell, R. Habitat creation and management for pollinators 47pp

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Newsletters

Hoverfly Recording Scheme Hoverfly Recording Scheme Newsletter Published for/by:Hoverfly Recording Scheme, Dipterists Forum

Regional

Gammelmo, Ø. & Nielson, T.R. 2008 Further records of Hoverfly species (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Norway NJE Vol 55 (1): 19-23.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1,871 images of SYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
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