Atrichopogon lucorum (Meigen, 1818)
(an oil-beetle midge)

Interactions where Atrichopogon lucorum 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
adult adult sucks the blood of inter-segmental membrane of adult UK/Ireland Meloe proscarabaeus Black Oil-beetle Coleoptera: Meloidae Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) feeding on Meloe violaceus Marsham (Coleoptera: Meloidae), Mann, D.J. & Turner, C.R., 2003
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ceratopogonidae/Atrichopogon lucorum/Atrichopogon lucoruman oil-beetle midgeadult Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Meloidae/Meloe proscarabaeus/Meloe proscarabaeusblack oil-beetleinter-segmental membraneadult
adult adult sucks the blood of inter-segmental membrane of adult UK/Ireland Meloe violaceus Violet Oil-beetle Coleoptera: Meloidae Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) feeding on Meloe violaceus Marsham (Coleoptera: Meloidae), Mann, D.J. & Turner, C.R., 2003
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ceratopogonidae/Atrichopogon lucorum/Atrichopogon lucoruman oil-beetle midgeadult Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Meloidae/Meloe violaceus/Meloe violaceusviolet oil-beetleinter-segmental membraneadult

Author & YearTitleSource
Mann, D.J. & Turner, C.R., 2003Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) winnertzi Goetghebuer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) feeding on Meloe violaceus Marsham (Coleoptera: Meloidae)Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 7-9.

Atrichopogon lucorum (an oil-beetle midge) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Atrichopogon lucorum (an oil-beetle midge) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAtrichopogon lucorum (an oil-beetle midge)
GenusAtrichopogon (a genus of biting midges)
FamilyCERATOPOGONIDAE (biting midges)
SuperfamilyCHIRONOMOIDEA (biting, non-biting & trickle midges, blackflies)
InfraorderCulicomorpha (mosquitoes, gnats, midges & blackflies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
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 Atrichopogon lucorum (an oil-beetle midge)

Atrichopogon lucorum (an oil-beetle midge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Atrichopogon lucorum (an oil-beetle midge):

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