Dufourea minuta Lepeletier, 1841
(Shiny Dufourea)

Interactions where Dufourea minuta 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
female female provisions nest with pollen UK/Ireland ASTERACEAE daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite Asterales Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Halictidae/Dufourea minuta/Dufourea minutashiny dufoureafemale Foodplant / nestUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Asteraceaedaisies, dandelions and thistles, compositepollen

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

Dufourea minuta (Shiny Dufourea) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dufourea minuta (Shiny Dufourea) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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references
Dufourea vulgaris
Synonym
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDufourea minuta (Shiny Dufourea)
FamilyHALICTIDAE (a family of solitary bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
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 Dufourea minuta (Shiny Dufourea)

Dufourea minuta (Shiny Dufourea) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dufourea minuta (Shiny Dufourea):

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