Delia antiqua (Meigen, 1826)
(Onion Fly)

Interactions where Delia antiqua 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 feeds within live stem			Allium cepa	Onion	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia antiqua/	Delia antiqua	onion fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium cepa/	Allium cepa	onion		live	stem
larva		larva feeds within live bulb			Allium cepa	Onion	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia antiqua/	Delia antiqua	onion fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium cepa/	Allium cepa	onion		live	bulb
larva		larva feeds within live stem			Allium oschaninii	Shallot	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia antiqua/	Delia antiqua	onion fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium oschaninii/	Allium oschaninii	shallot		live	stem
larva		larva feeds within live bulb			Allium oschaninii	Shallot	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia antiqua/	Delia antiqua	onion fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium oschaninii/	Allium oschaninii	shallot		live	bulb
larva		larva feeds within live stem			Allium porrum	Leek	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia antiqua/	Delia antiqua	onion fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium porrum/	Allium porrum	leek		live	stem
larva		larva feeds within live bulb			Allium porrum	Leek	Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Delia antiqua/	Delia antiqua	onion fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium porrum/	Allium porrum	leek		live	bulb

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Delia antiqua (Onion Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Delia antiqua (Onion Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Delia antiqua (Onion Fly)
Genus	Delia (a genus of anthomyiid flies)
Family	ANTHOMYIIDAE (anthomyiid flies)
Superfamily	MUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
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)

Delia antiqua is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Delia antiqua (Onion Fly)

Delia antiqua (Onion Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ANTHOMYIIDAE
(anthomyiid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Delia antiqua (Onion Fly):

ANTHOMYIIDAE
(anthomyiid flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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